VDB
CVE-2015-8899
CVE-2015-8899
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.08% · 23.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.08%
23.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | dnsmasq | 0, 2.75-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 91031 (circl)
- [Dnsmasq-discuss] 20160418 Dnsmasq 2.75 on Ubuntu 16.04 crashes reproducibly (circl)
- USN-3009-1 (circl)
- [Dnsmasq-discuss] 20160503 Dnsmasq 2.75 on Ubuntu 16.04 crashes reproducibly (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160603 Re: CVE Request: Dnsmasq denial of service (circl)
- 1036045 (circl)
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160603 CVE Request: Dnsmasq denial of service (circl)
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8899 third-party-advisory
- http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3009-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8899 third-party-advisory