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CVE-2017-15107

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78....

7.5 HighFix available

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.65%Up 1.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-358
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
CVE-2017-15107
Weakness
CWE-358
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6572 No score

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
EUVD-2017-6572
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f999-2m22-345j 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78....

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
GHSA-f999-2m22-345j
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-15107 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-15107 7.5

CVE-2017-15107 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-15107 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15107 7.5

A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15107
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2669-1 No score

Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-14834: Fixed a memory leak which could have allowed to remote attackers to cause denial of service via DHCP response creation (bsc#1154849)
  • CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance (bsc#1076958).

Other issues addressed:

  • Included linux/sockios.h to get SIOCGSTAMP (bsc#1156543).
  • Removed cache size limit (bsc#1138743).
  • bsc#1152539: include config files from /etc/dnsmasq.d/*.conf .

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2669-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10721-1 No score

dnsmasq-2.86-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the dnsmasq-2.86-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10721-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:14190-1 No score

Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance. (bsc#1076958)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Removed cache size limit. (bsc#1138743)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:14190-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1721-1 No score

Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance. (bsc#1076958)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Reload system dbus to pick up policy change on install (bsc#1054429).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1721-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3188-1 No score

Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-14834: Fixed a memory leak which could have allowed to remote attackers to cause denial of service via DHCP response creation (bsc#1154849)
  • CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance (bsc#1076958).

Other issues addressed:

  • Included linux/sockios.h to get SIOCGSTAMP (bsc#1156543).
  • Removed cache size limit (bsc#1138743).
  • Included config files from /etc/dnsmasq.d/*.conf (bsc#1152539).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3188-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3189-1 No score

Security update for dnsmasq

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-14834: Fixed a memory leak which could have allowed to remote attackers to cause denial of service via DHCP response creation (bsc#1154849)
  • CVE-2017-15107: Fixed a vulnerability in DNSSEC implementation. Processing of wildcard synthesized NSEC records may result improper validation for non-existance (bsc#1076958).

Other issues addressed:

  • Included linux/sockios.h to get SIOCGSTAMP (bsc#1156543).
  • Removed cache size limit (bsc#1138743).
  • bsc#1152539: include config files from /etc/dnsmasq.d/*.conf .
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3189-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4924-1 No score

dnsmasq vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain wildcard synthesized NSEC records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist. (CVE-2017-15107)

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain large DNS packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-14513)

Record
USN-4924-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.10
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.11
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.12
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.13
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.14
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.15
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.16
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.17
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.18
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.19
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.20
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.21
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.22
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.23
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.24
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.5
before 2.76-r3
2.76-r3
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.6
before 2.76-r6
2.76-r6
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.7
before 2.78-r2
2.78-r2
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.8
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Alpine:v3.9
before 2.79-r0
2.79-r0
dnsmasq
Debian:12
before 2.79-1
2.79-1
dnsmasq
Debian:13
before 2.79-1
2.79-1
dnsmasq
Debian:14
before 2.79-1
2.79-1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 2.78-0.17.10.1
2.78-0.17.10.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 2.78-18.6.1
2.78-18.6.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.78-3.8.1
2.78-3.8.1
dnsmasq
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.78-7.3.1
2.78-7.3.1
dnsmasq
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10, plus listed versions
2.75-12.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.12.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.22.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.32.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.42.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.52.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.72.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.8
2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10
dnsmasq
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10, plus listed versions
2.75-12.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.12.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.22.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.32.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.42.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.52.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.72.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.8
2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.10
dnsmasq
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2.78-lp151.5.3.1
2.78-lp151.5.3.1
dnsmasq
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 2.86-1.1
2.86-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliases, productsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-15107 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Dnsmasq, published January 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.65%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in dnsmasq 2.79-r0.

References

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