CVE-2019-14513

Publication date 1 August 2019

Last updated 11 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Improper bounds checking in Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows an attacker controlled DNS server to send large DNS packets that result in a read operation beyond the buffer allocated for the packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14491.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dnsmasq	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored changes too intrusive

Notes

msalvatore

The vulnerability writeup states, "The git commit affected is this one and before: 15379ea1f252d1f53c5d93ae970b22dedb233642". This commit, therefore, may resolve the issue: http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=patch;h=d3a8b39c7df2f0debf3b5f274a1c37a9e261f94e

mdeslaur

can't reproduce on xenial, probably not a DoS issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4924-1
Dnsmasq vulnerabilities
22 April 2021