RHSA-2026:34508

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-07-01 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-16 18:34
Summary
security update for dnsmasq
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for dnsmasq
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2026:34508. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34508.
Patchnames: RHSA-2026:34508
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-2291
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:dnsmasq-2.85-17.el9_6.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:dnsmasq-utils-2.85-17.el9_6.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2026-4890
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-2291
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2026-4891
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-2291
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2026-4892
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-2291
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2026-4893
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-2291
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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