Ubuntu Security Update USN-4698-1: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities

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Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled memory when sorting RRsets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-25681, CVE-2020-25687) Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled extracting certain names. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-25682, CVE-2020-25683) Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly implemented address/port checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack. (CVE-2020-25684) Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly implemented query resource name checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack. (CVE-2020-25685) Moshe Kol and Shlomi Oberman discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled multiple query requests for the same resource name. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack. (CVE-2020-25686) It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled memory during DHCP response creation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-14834)

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