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10 advisories reference net-dns/dnsmasq · none place version 2.93 in a vulnerable range
▸ GLSA 202608-04 Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities this version unaffected high remote 2026-08-13

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dnsmasq, one of which includes remote code execution.

Announced
2026-08-13
Revised
2026-08-13
Access
remote
Bugs
#974690
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202608-04

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.92_p2>= 2.92_p2

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.92_p2"

References

▸ GLSA 202412-10 Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2024-12-07

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Announced
2024-12-07
Revised
2024-12-07
Access
remote
Bugs
#867322 #905321 #924448
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-10

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.90>= 2.90

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.90"

References

▸ GLSA 202105-20 Dnsmasq: DNS cache poisoning this version unaffected low local, remote 2021-05-26

Use of insufficient randomness in Dnsmasq might lead to DNS Cache Poisoning.

Announced
2021-05-26
Revised
2021-05-26
Access
local, remote
Bugs
#782130
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-20

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.85>= 2.85

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

It was discovered that Dnsmasq, when configured with --server=<address>@ or similar (e.g. through dbus), configured a fixed UDP port for all outgoing queries to the specified upstream DNS server.

Impact

An attacker, by sending malicious crafted DNS responses, could perform a DNS Cache Poisoning attack.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.85"

References

▸ GLSA 202101-17 Dnsmasq: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal local, remote 2021-01-22

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dnsmasq, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Announced
2021-01-22
Revised
2021-01-22
Access
local, remote
Bugs
#766126
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.83>= 2.83

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the references below for details.

Impact

An attacker, by sending specially crafted DNS replies, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, perform a cache poisoning attack or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.83"

References

▸ GLSA 201710-27 Dnsmasq: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2017-10-23

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dnsmasq, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Announced
2017-10-23
Revised
2017-10-23
Access
remote
Bugs
#632692
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-27

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.78>= 2.78

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the references below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition via crafted DNS, IPv6, or DHCPv6 packets.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.78"

References

▸ GLSA 201512-01 Dnsmasq: Denial of service this version unaffected normal remote 2015-12-17

A vulnerability in Dnsmasq can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Announced
2015-12-17
Revised
2015-12-17
Access
remote
Bugs
#547966
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-01

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.72-r2>= 2.72-r2

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability has been found in the tcp_request function in Dnsmasq.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.72-r2"

References

▸ GLSA 201406-24 Dnsmasq: Denial of Service this version unaffected normal remote 2014-06-25

A vulnerability in Dnsmasq can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Announced
2014-06-25
Revised
2014-06-25
Access
remote
Bugs
#436894 #453170
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-24

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.66>= 2.66

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

When used with certain libvirt configurations Dnsmasq replies to queries from prohibited interfaces.

Impact

A remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service via spoofed TCP based DNS queries.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.66"

References

▸ GLSA 200909-19 Dnsmasq: Multiple vulnerabilities this version unaffected normal remote 2009-09-20

Multiple vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq might result in the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service.

Announced
2009-09-20
Revised
2009-09-20
Access
remote
Bugs
#282653
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200909-19

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.5.0>= 2.5.0

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It includes support for Trivial FTP (TFTP).

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the TFTP functionality included in Dnsmasq:

  • Pablo Jorge and Alberto Solino discovered a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-2957).
  • An anonymous researcher reported a NULL pointer reference (CVE-2009-2958).

Impact

A remote attacker in the local network could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted TFTP requests to a machine running Dnsmasq, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the daemon, or a Denial of Service. NOTE: The TFTP server is not enabled by default.

Workaround

You can disable the TFTP server either at buildtime by not enabling the "tftp" USE flag, or at runtime. Make sure "--enable-tftp" is not set in the DNSMASQ_OPTS variable in the /etc/conf.d/dnsmasq file and "enable-tftp" is not set in /etc/dnsmasq.conf, either of which would enable TFTP support if it is compiled in.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.5.0"

References

▸ GLSA 200809-02 dnsmasq: Denial of Service and DNS spoofing this version unaffected normal remote 2008-09-04

Two vulnerabilities in dnsmasq might allow for a Denial of Service or spoofing of DNS replies.

Announced
2008-09-04
Revised
2008-09-04
Access
remote
Bugs
#231282 #232523
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-02

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.45>= 2.45

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

  • Dan Kaminsky of IOActive reported that dnsmasq does not randomize UDP source ports when forwarding DNS queries to a recursing DNS server (CVE-2008-1447).
  • Carlos Carvalho reported that dnsmasq in the 2.43 version does not properly handle clients sending inform or renewal queries for unknown DHCP leases, leading to a crash (CVE-2008-3350).

Impact

A remote attacker could send spoofed DNS response traffic to dnsmasq, possibly involving generating queries via multiple vectors, and spoof DNS replies, which could e.g. lead to the redirection of web or mail traffic to malicious sites. Furthermore, an attacker could generate invalid DHCP traffic and cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.45"

References

▸ GLSA 200504-03 Dnsmasq: Poisoning and Denial of Service vulnerabilities this version unaffected low remote 2005-04-04

Dnsmasq is vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning attacks and a potential Denial of Service from the local network.

Announced
2005-04-04
Revised
2005-04-04
Access
remote
Bugs
#86718
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-03

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-dns/dnsmasq*< 2.22>= 2.22

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Dnsmasq does not properly detect that DNS replies received do not correspond to any DNS query that was sent. Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit team also discovered two off-by-one buffer overflows that could crash DHCP lease files parsing.

Impact

A remote attacker could send malicious answers to insert arbitrary DNS data into the Dnsmasq cache. These attacks would in turn help an attacker to perform man-in-the-middle and site impersonation attacks. The buffer overflows might allow an attacker on the local network to crash Dnsmasq upon restart.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.22"

References