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CVE-2026-13002
4.4 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): High (H)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): High (H)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
Activity log
- Created suggestion
Dnsmasq: infinite loop dos in dnssec nsec/nsec3 type bitmap parsing
A flow has been identified into dnssec.c library, causing an infinite loop to dnsmasq service. An attacker who controls any DNSSEC-signed zone can hang the dnsmasq process with a single crafted response, killing all DNS resolution for its clients.
References
Affected products
rhcos
dnsmasq
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.dnsmasq
Integrated DNS, DHCP and TFTP server for small networks
Package maintainers
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@fpletz Franz Pletz <fpletz@fnordicwalking.de>
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@globin Robin Gloster <mail@glob.in>