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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-28450: Security patch for dnsmasq (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-28450: Security patch for dnsmasq (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/15/2023
Created
06/08/2023
Added
06/08/2023
Modified
01/23/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Dnsmasq before 2.90. The default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to 4096 but should be 1232 because of DNS Flag Day 2020.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils

References

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