CVE-2023-49441

Publication date 6 June 2024

Last updated 14 October 2024

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

dnsmasq 2.9 is vulnerable to Integer Overflow via forward_query.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Per the Dnsmasq developer, this flaw has no practical effect

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dnsmasq	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.90-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.90-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
dnsmasq	Upstream: https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=65c2d6afd67a032f45f40d7e4d620f5d73e5f07d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H