Out-of-Bounds Read and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Dnsmasq

CVE-2015-3294 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setup_reply 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.

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