CVE-2005-0877
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.97% (80th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-26
Dnsmasq before 2.21 allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via answers to queries that were not made by Dnsmasq.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-05-02modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14691enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12897enisa_euvd
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOGenisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19826enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14691Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12897Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOGRelease Notesnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19826Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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