1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-627-1

USN-627-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability

Publication date

22 July 2008

Overview

Dnsmasq vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

Dan Kaminsky discovered weaknesses in the DNS protocol as implemented
by Dnsmasq. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof DNS entries
and poison DNS caches. Among other things, this could lead to
misdirected email and web traffic.

Dan Kaminsky discovered weaknesses in the DNS protocol as implemented
by Dnsmasq. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof DNS entries
and poison DNS caches. Among other things, this could lead to
misdirected email and web traffic.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Dnsmasq to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy dnsmasq-base –  2.41-2ubuntu2.1

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