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CVE-2021-45951

Published: 1 January 2022

** DISPUTED ** Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in check_bad_address (called from check_for_bogus_wildcard and FuzzCheckForBogusWildcard). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge."

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur 
vendor has disputed this CVE, marking as not-affected
Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package Release Status
dnsmasq
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

hirsute Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

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