Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8755 Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3009-1 Dnsmasq vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.024Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8899

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-30T17:59:00.157

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8899

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-11-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8899 - Bugzilla

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