DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	dnsmasq	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	dnsmasq	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	dnsmasq	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	dnsmasq	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 8, 2015 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3294 advisory

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