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Vulnerability details: VCID-p726-bqvu-dfda
Vulnerability ID VCID-p726-bqvu-dfda
Aliases CVE-2023-28450
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28450.json
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
ssvc Track https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
ssvc Track https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
ssvc Track https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
ssvc Track https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28450.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28450
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28450
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1033165 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033165
2178948 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178948
495.html https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
doc.html https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
GLSA-202412-10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-10
OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5 https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
RHSA-2023:6524 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6524
RHSA-2023:7046 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7046
RHSA-2024:1544 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1544
RHSA-2024:1545 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1545
RHSA-2024:4052 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4052
USN-6034-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6034-1/
USN-6657-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6657-1/
USN-6657-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6657-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28450.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-26T21:21:11Z/ Found at https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.01618
EPSS Score 0.00012
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:14.213174+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-10 38.0.0