CVE-2008-3350 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the dnsmasq daemon by sending malformed DHCP requests, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3350?
CVE-2008-3350 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dnsmasq 2.43 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) sending a DHCPINFORM while lacking a DHCP lease, or (2) attempting to renew a nonexistent DHCP lease for an invalid subnet as an "unknown client," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3214.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3350?
It affects 1 product.
Products include The Kelleys Dnsmasq.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3350?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3350 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3350 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3350, GHSA-8w5w-hcg8-56w5.