CVE-2008-3350

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

dnsmasq 2.43 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) sending a DHCPINFORM while lacking a DHCP lease, or (2) attempting to renew a nonexistent DHCP lease for an invalid subnet as an "unknown client," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3214.

Affected products

The Kelleys Dnsmasq: 2.43

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.dns.dnsmasq.general/2189
http://secunia.com/advisories/31197
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2166
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43960
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.dns.dnsmasq.general/2189
http://secunia.com/advisories/31197
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2166
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43957
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43960

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