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
Published Jul 18, 2008
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.53%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.25
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of dnsmasq as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 84.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 82.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00242) | 45.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.17% (0.05168) | 93.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 4.80% (0.04797) | 91.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.46% (0.04459) | 91.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3214
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3214
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