CVE-2012-3411
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3381)
- Published
- March 5, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3381 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- thekelleys / dnsmasq
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683372(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0276.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0277.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0579.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2f38141f434e23292f84cefc33e8de76fb856147
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=54dd393f3938fc0c19088fbd319b95e37d81a2b0
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:072(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54353(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833033(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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