{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T00:29:45.647394Z","published":"2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3009-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8899"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8899"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3009-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8899"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dnsmasq","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dnsmasq@2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.75-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"dnsmasq"},{"binary_version":"2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"dnsmasq-base"},{"binary_version":"2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"dnsmasq-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}