| Name | CVE-2015-8899 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dnsmasq (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.72-3+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.76-5+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.76-5+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.80-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.80-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.85-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.89-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.90-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dnsmasq | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| dnsmasq | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| dnsmasq | source | (unstable) | 2.76-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - dnsmasq <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - dnsmasq <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html
Fixed by: http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87 (v2.76rc1)
Introduced by: http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=cbc652423403e3cef00e00240f6beef713142246 (v2.73rc1)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1581181