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A dnsmasq security update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.



El-errata: ELSA-2021-0153 Moderate: Oracle Linux 7 dnsmasq security update


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2021-0153

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-0153.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
dnsmasq-2.76-16.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.76-16.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/dnsmasq-2.76-16.el7_9.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.76-16.1]
- Accept responses only on correct sockets (CVE-2020-25684)
- Use strong verification on queries (CVE-2020-25685)
- Handle multiple identical DNS queries better (CVE-2020-25686)
- Link against nettle for sha256 hash implementation