SUSE-SU-2026:22668-1 Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-12969: out-of-bounds read in findsoa due to missing extrabytes validation bsc1268882...

Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: out-of-bounds read in find_soa() due to missing extrabytes validation

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SUSE CVE-2026-12969

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's findsoa function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extractname is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can...

CVE-2026-12969

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's findsoa function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extractname is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-12969

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's findsoa function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extractname is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can...

PT-2026-51520

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dnsmasq affected versions not specified Description An out-of-bounds read occurs in the find soa function within src/rfc1035.c. During the parsing of NS section records, the extract name function is called with extrabytes=0, which fails to...