Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1921-1 dnsmasq -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 13 Sep 2019
- Affected Packages:
- dnsmasq
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-14513.
- More information:
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Samuel R Lovejoy discovered a security vulnerability in dnsmasq. Carefully crafted packets by DNS servers might result in out of bounds read operations, potentially leading to a crash and denial of service.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 2.72-3+deb8u5.We recommend that you upgrade your dnsmasq packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS