High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8899
CVE-2015-8899
Description
Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.
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Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.75
- (no CPE)range: <2.76
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/dnsmasq&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Cloud%20Compute%20Node%20for%20SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%2012%205pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 2.76-1.3+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.76-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78-0.16.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78-0.16.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78-0.16.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-0.16.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-0.16.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.71-13.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.htmlnvd
- lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010505.htmlnvd
- thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/2nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91031nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036045nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3009-1nvd
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