CVE-2008-3214 (GCVE-0-2008-3214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
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Summary
dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-06-30 00:00
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