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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142699
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Dnsmasq < 2.76 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Dnsmasq is prone to an improper bounds checking; vulnerability which may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
Description:Summary:
Dnsmasq is prone to an improper bounds checking
vulnerability which may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Vulnerability Insight:
An attacker controlled DNS server may send large DNS
packets that result in a read operation beyond the buffer allocated for the packet.

Affected Software/OS:
Dnsmasq prior to 2.76.

Solution:
Update to version 2.76 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14513
https://github.com/Slovejoy/dnsmasq-pre2.76
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00013.html
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