dnsmasq vulnerabilities

2021-04-2216:59:05

Google

osv.dev

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

68.3%

JSON

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain wildcard
synthesized NSEC records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.
(CVE-2017-15107)

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain large DNS
packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-14513)