Security News > 2017 > October > Google Finds 7 Security Flaws in Widely Used Dnsmasq Network Software
2017-10-03 03:44
Security researchers have discovered not one or two, but a total of seven security vulnerabilities in the popular open source Dnsmasq network services software, three of which could allow remote code execution on a vulnerable system and hijack it. Dnsmasq is a widely used lightweight network application tool designed to provide DNS (Domain Name System) forwarder, DHCP (Dynamic Host
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