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CVE-2008-3214
dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a…
High7.8EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080712 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080708 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- dnsmasq-multiple-dos(43929) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080701 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080630 CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080702 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080703 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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