Sept. 7, 2022, 3:22 p.m. |

Ubuntu security notices ubuntu.com

USN-4976-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dnsmasq. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Dnsmasq has been updated to 2.79-1 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM in order to fix
some security issues.

Original advisory details:

Petr Mensik discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly randomized source ports in
certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks.

dnsmasq vulnerability

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