Vulnerability CVE-2015-8899
Published: 2016-06-30

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Thekelleys -> Dnsmasq 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3009-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036045
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7
http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010505.html
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html
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