Back to Database
Status published
High
CVE-2008-3214
dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2008-3214
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4
More from thekelleys
View All →CVE-2021-45957
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in answer_request (called...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-45956
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in print_mac (called...
Unknown
0
CVE-2021-45955
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in resize_packet (called...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-45954
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-45953
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called...
Critical
9.8
Affected Vendor
thekelleys
View all reports →Affected Software
dnsmasq
Vulnerable Versions:
2.25
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 18th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.