SUSE: 2016:3257-1 Critical Alert for dnsmasq Denial of Service Issue
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December 23, 2016
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-8899: Denial of service between local and remote dns entries (bsc#983273) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE12-CLOUD-5-2016-1906=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5 (x86_64): dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.71-6.3.1 dnsmasq-debugsource-2.71-6.3.1 dnsmasq-utils-2.71-6.3.1 dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.71-6.3.1
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References
#983273
Cross- CVE-2015-8899
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8899.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/983273
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3257-1
Rating: important
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