RHSA-2022:8070 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 15, 2022
Updated · January 27, 2026
Topic
An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Security Fix(es):
- dnsmasq: Heap use after free in dhcp6_no_relay (CVE-2022-0934)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.