{"id":"ALSA-2023:6524","summary":"Moderate: dnsmasq security and bug fix update","details":"The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dnsmasq: default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to 4096 but should be 1232 (CVE-2023-28450)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-01-30T01:21:15.582759Z","published":"2023-11-07T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2023-28450"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6524"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28450"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2178948"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6524.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dnsmasq","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/dnsmasq"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.85-14.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6524.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dnsmasq-utils","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/dnsmasq-utils"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.85-14.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6524.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}