Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202412-10

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Affected packages

net-dns/dnsmasq on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.90
Unaffected versions >= 2.90

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.90"
 

References

Release date
December 07, 2024

Latest revision
December 07, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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