Advisories » MGASA-2018-0427

Updated dnsmasq packages fix security issue

Publication date: 03 Nov 2018
Modification date: 03 Nov 2018
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 6

Description

Updated dnsmasq packages fix a security issue

Upstream dnsmasq run as nobody user which could lead to security issue if
multiple services run as this same user.

This update makes dnsmasq to run as its own user: dnsmasq.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22694
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/5WAECSZDCDMVB4SBXYHDEHOH24P6UCHM/

SRPMS

6/core

• dnsmasq-2.77-1.5.mga6