Dnsmasq before 2.66test2, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to queries from prohibited interfaces, which allows…

Description

Dnsmasq before 2.66test2, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to queries from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via spoofed TCP based DNS queries. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3411.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894486 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=22ce550e5346947a12a781ed0959a7b1165d0dc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130118 Re: CVE Request -- dnsmasq: Incomplete fix for the CVE-2012-3411 issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130118 CVE Request -- dnsmasq: Incomplete fix for the CVE-2012-3411 issue (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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2013-0198](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2013-0198.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2013-0198)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 14:18 UTC.