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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881645
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for dnsmasq CESA-2013:0277 centos6
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dnsmasq'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dnsmasq'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name
Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

It was discovered that dnsmasq, when used in combination with certain
libvirtd configurations, could incorrectly process network packets from
network interfaces that were intended to be prohibited. A remote,
unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service via DNS amplification attacks. (CVE-2012-3411)

In order to fully address this issue, libvirt package users are advised to
install updated libvirt packages. Refer to RHSA-2013:0276 for additional
information.

This update also fixes the following bug:

* Due to a regression, the lease change script was disabled. Consequently,
the 'dhcp-script' option in the /etc/dnsmasq.conf configuration file did
not work. This update corrects the problem and the 'dhcp-script' option now
works as expected. (BZ#815819)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

* Prior to this update, dnsmasq did not validate that the tftp directory
given actually existed and was a directory. Consequently, configuration
errors were not immediately reported on startup. This update improves the
code to validate the tftp root directory option. As a result, fault finding
is simplified especially when dnsmasq is called by external processes such
as libvirt. (BZ#824214)

* When two or more dnsmasq processes were running with DHCP enabled on one
interface, DHCP RELEASE packets were sometimes lost. Consequently, when two
or more dnsmasq processes were running with DHCP enabled on one interface,
releasing IP addresses sometimes failed. This ...

Description truncated, please see the referenced URL(s) for more information.

Affected Software/OS:
dnsmasq on CentOS 6

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3411
54353
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54353
MDVSA-2013:072
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:072
RHSA-2013:0276
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0276.html
RHSA-2013:0277
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0277.html
RHSA-2013:0579
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0579.html
[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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/5
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683372
http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2f38141f434e23292f84cefc33e8de76fb856147
http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=54dd393f3938fc0c19088fbd319b95e37d81a2b0
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833033
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