Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-12972

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12972.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
dnsmasq-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates//dnsmasq-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2020-25682
CVE-2020-25681




Description of changes:

[2.76-17.0.3.3]
- Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in sort_rrset (CVE-2020-25681) [Orabug: 35904921]
- Fixed buffer overflow in extract_name() (CVE-2020-25682) [Orabug: 35904921]


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Oracle7: ELSA-2023-12972: dnsmasq security Important Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.76-17.0.3.3] - Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in sort_rrset (CVE-2020-25681) [Orabug: 35904921] - Fixed buffer overflow in extract_name() (CVE-2020-25682) [Orabug: 35904921]

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates//dnsmasq-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.src.rpm

x86_64

dnsmasq-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.x86_64.rpm dnsmasq-utils-2.76-17.0.3.el7_9.3.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

i386

Severity
Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25682 CVE-2020-25681

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