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 DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network,
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-18 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8f48beb9847b6f6d1c81a07fe117c1ccd2389f013b2999eae1abb7d1056d7ba7
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080712 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080708 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdnsmasq-multiple-dos(43929)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929
- freshmeat.nethttp://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080701 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080630 CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7
- www.thekelleys.org.ukhttp://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080702 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080703 Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dnsmasq Fixed in 2.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dnsmasq Fixed in 2.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dnsmasq Fixed in 2.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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