Dnsmasq DHCP denial of service
| dnsmasq-dhcp-dos (26005) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Dnsmasq is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper handling of certain requests from a DHCP client. A remote attacker could send a DHCP request for a broadcast reply to cause the service to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Dnsmasq (2.30 or later), available from the Dnsmasq Web site. See References.
.References:
- Dnsmasq Web page: Dnsmasq.
- BID-17662: DNSmasq Broadcast Reply Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2017: Dnsmasq 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCP client broadcast reply request.
- OSVDB ID: 24884: Dnsmasq DHCP Broadcast Reply Request DoS
- SA19760: Dnsmasq DHCP Broadcast Reply Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1494: Dnsmasq DHCP Broadcast Reply Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Thekelleys Dnsmasq 2.29
Reported:
Apr 24, 2006
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