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Dnsmasq DHCP Broadcast Reply Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19760
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Release Date:
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2006-04-24
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Last Update:
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2006-04-26
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Popularity:
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5,749 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Dnsmasq 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Dnsmasq, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of certain requests from a DHCP client. This can be exploited to crash the service via a DHCP client that requests for a broadcast reply.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.29.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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