RHSA-2024:1335 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 15, 2024
Updated · April 23, 2026
Topic
An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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):
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dnsmasq: bind9: KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator (CVE-2023-50387)
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dnsmasq: bind9: Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources (CVE-2023-50868)
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.