GSD-2015-3294

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setup_reply function, which allows remote attackers to read process memory and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a malformed DNS request.
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CVE-2015-3294
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