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openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE-SU-2017:0016-1 Important: dnsmasq DoS

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Calendar Grey January 3, 2017
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The latest dnsmasq update addresses vital vulnerabilities, bolstering security across openSUSE systems. Crucial security information included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2015-8899: Denial of service between local and remote dns entries

(bsc#983273)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-10=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-10=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

dnsmasq-2.71-8.1

dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.71-8.1

dnsmasq-debugsource-2.71-8.1

dnsmasq-utils-2.71-8.1

dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.71-8.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

dnsmasq-2.71-9.1

dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.71-9.1

dnsmasq-debugsource-2.71-9.1

dnsmasq-utils-2.71-9.1

dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.71-9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8899.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/983273

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0016-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1 .

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