CVE-2008-3214

N/A Unknown

Published: July 18, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681