{"id":"USN-3009-1","summary":"dnsmasq vulnerability","details":"Edwin Török discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain CNAME\nresponses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:00Z","published":"2016-06-20T16:35:09Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8899","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3009-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/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":{"availability":"No subscription required","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"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2015-8899"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3009-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}