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SUSE: 2025:0130-1 important: dnsmasq Denial Of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2025
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The latest dnsmasq update addresses critical Denial of Service vulnerabilities, bolstering security measures across various SUSE distributions.
* bsc#1200344 * bsc#1207174 * bsc#1214884 * bsc#1219823 * bsc#1219826

Summary

## This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues: * Version update to 2.90: * CVE-2023-50387: Fixed a Denial Of Service while trying to validate specially crafted DNSSEC responses. (bsc#1219823) * CVE-2023-50868: Fixed a Denial Of Service while trying to validate specially crafted DNSSEC responses. (bsc#1219826) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-130=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-130=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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References

* bsc#1200344

* bsc#1207174

* bsc#1214884

* bsc#1219823

* bsc#1219826

* bsc#1235517

Cross-

* CVE-2023-50387

* CVE-2023-50868

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-50387 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-50387 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-50868 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0130-1
Release Date: 2025-01-15T13:26:55Z
Rating: important

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