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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969

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 calle...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dnsmasq
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13 dnsmasq
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.91-1+deb13u2"}]}]
Debian:14 dnsmasq
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.93-1"}]}]

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