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Debian DSA-4844-1 Moderate: Dnsmasq Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2021
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Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman of JSOF discovered several vulnerabilities in dnsmasq, a small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
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security advisory moderate denial of service code execution debian Debian cache poisoning dnsmasq

Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.80-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dnsmasq packages.

For the detailed security status of dnsmasq please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dnsmasq

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: dnsmasq
CVE ID: CVE-2020-25681 CVE-2020-25682 CVE-2020-25683 CVE-2020-25684

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security advisory moderate denial of service code execution debian Debian cache poisoning dnsmasq

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