DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3294
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294
Upstream
Published
2015-05-08T14:59:05Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:50:41.168270Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The tcprequest function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setupreply function, which allows remote attackers to read process memory and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a malformed DNS request.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.72-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.72-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.72-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.72-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}