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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-10285
2009-10-06 08:55:24
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Name        : dnsmasq
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 2.46
Release     : 3.fc11
URL         : https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/
Summary     : A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server
Description :
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.
It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network.
It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global
DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines
with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured
either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports
static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless
machines.

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Update Information:

This update fixes two security issues with dnsmasq's tftp server:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2957
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2958
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Oct  5 2009 Mark McLoughlin  - 2.46-3
- Fix multiple TFTP server vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #519020 - CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958 dnsmasq: multiple vulnerabilities in TFTP server
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519020
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update dnsmasq' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 11 Update: dnsmasq-2.46-3.fc11

October 13, 2009
This update fixes two security issues with dnsmasq's tftp server: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2957 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-200...

Summary

Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network.

It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global

DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines

with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured

either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports

static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless

machines.

Update Information:

This update fixes two security issues with dnsmasq's tftp server: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2957 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2958

Change Log

* Mon Oct 5 2009 Mark McLoughlin - 2.46-3 - Fix multiple TFTP server vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #519020 - CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958 dnsmasq: multiple vulnerabilities in TFTP server https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519020

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update dnsmasq' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : dnsmasq
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 2.46
Release : 3.fc11
URL : https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/
Summary : A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server

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