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USN-8542-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-12725)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-07-14 17:43 – Updated: 2026-07-14 17:43 – Source website

Summary

dnsmasq vulnerabilities

Details

Yiwei Hou discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled logging of DS or DNSKEY. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-12725)

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly validated the length of fixed-length DNS record fields when parsing NS section records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to read out of bounds, possibly exposing sensitive information. (CVE-2026-12969)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8542-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-12725	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-12969	REPORT

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-12725 (CVE-2026-12725)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-22 16:16 – Updated: 2026-07-14 21:35 – Source website

Details

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in dnsmasq. When DNSSEC validation and query logging are both enabled, logging of DS or DNSKEY replies containing unsupported algorithm or digest types can cause dnsmasq to write past the end of an internal logging buffer. A remote attacker able to supply such a DNS response may crash the dnsmasq process, resulting in denial of service.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-12725	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12725	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8542-1	ADVISORY

JSON

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-12969 (CVE-2026-12969)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-23 14:17 – Updated: 2026-07-14 21:35 – Source website

Details

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's find_soa() function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extract_name() is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can exploit this via a crafted NXDOMAIN response to cause a 10-byte heap out-of-bounds read, potentially accessing stale data from prior transactions.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-12969	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12969	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8542-1	ADVISORY

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