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Mageia 9 dnsmasq Moderate Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Alert

mageia
Calendar Grey May 14, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated dnsmasq packages for Mageia fix multiple security issues including buffer overflow and DoS.
MGASA-2026-0135 - Updated dnsmasq packages fix security vulnerabilities

Summary

Description: CVE-2026-2291: dnsmasqs extract_name() function can be abused to cause a heap buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to inject false DNS cache entries, which could result in DNS lookups to redirect to an attacker-controlled IP address, or to cause a DoS. CVE-2026-4890: A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the DNSSEC validation of dnsmasq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet. CVE-2026-4891: A heap-based out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the DNSSEC validation of dnsmasq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet. CVE-2026-4892: A heap-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the DHCPv6 implementation of dnsmasq allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted DHCPv6 packet. CVE-2026-4893: An information disclosure vulnerability in dnsmasq allows remote attackers to bypass source checks via a crafted DNS packet with RFC 787...

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35520

- https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-2291

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4890

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4891

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4892

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4893

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-5172

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-1.mga9

Severity
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Publication date: 14 May 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0135.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-2291, CVE-2026-4890, CVE-2026-4891, CVE-2026-4892, CVE-2026-4893, CVE-2026-5172

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