Gentoo update for dnsmasq
Secunia Advisory: SA14830
Release Date: 2005-04-05
Popularity: 5,727 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Manipulation of data
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0876
CVE-2005-0877


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for dnsmasq. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or poison the DNS cache.

For more information:
SA14691

Solution:
Update to "net-dns/dnsmasq-2.22" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-03.xml

Other References:
SA14691:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14691/


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