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A dnsmasq security update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.



El-errata: ELSA-2021-0150 Important: Oracle Linux 8 dnsmasq security update


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2021-0150

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-0150.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
dnsmasq-2.79-13.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-13.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
dnsmasq-2.79-13.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-13.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/dnsmasq-2.79-13.el8_3.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.79-13.1]
- Fix various issues in dnssec validation (CVE-2020-25681)
- Accept responses only on correct sockets (CVE-2020-25684)
- Use strong verification on queries (CVE-2020-25685)