SUSE-SU-2015:0979-2: moderate: Security update for dnsmasq
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for dnsmasq
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0979-2
Rating: moderate
References: #923144 #928867
Cross-References: CVE-2015-3294
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.
Description:
The DNS server dnsmasq was updated to fix one security issue and one
non-security bug.
The following vulnerability was fixed:
* CVE-2015-3294: A remote unauthenticated attacker could have caused a
denial of service (DoS) or read heap memory, potentially disclosing
information such as performed DNS queries or encryption keys.
(bsc#928867)
The following bug was fixed:
* bsc#923144: When answer to an upstream query is a CNAME pointing to an
A/AAAA record which is present locally (/etc/hosts), allow caching when
the upstream and local A/AAAA records have the same value.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE12-CLOUD-5-2015-229=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE OpenStack Cloud Compute 5 (x86_64):
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.71-4.1
dnsmasq-debugsource-2.71-4.1
dnsmasq-utils-2.71-4.1
dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.71-4.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3294.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/923144
https://bugzilla.suse.com/928867
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