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CVE-2012-3411
Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.1%
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- redhat
Description
Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- MDVSA-2013:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120712 Re: Re: CVE Request -- dnsmasq: When being run by libvirt open DNS proxy (reachable out-of the virtual network set for the particular guest domain too) is created (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2f38141f434e23292f84cefc33e8de76fb856147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833033 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54353 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683372 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0277 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=54dd393f3938fc0c19088fbd319b95e37d81a2b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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