Severe flaws in DNS app create hacking risk for routers, smartphones, computers, IoT

Posted by bob on Oct 7, 2017 6:37 PM EDT
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Google researchers disclosed seven serious flaws in an open-source DNS software package Dnsmasq, which is is commonly preinstalled on routers, servers, smartphones, IoT devices and operating systems such the Linux distributions Ubuntu and Debian. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to run malicious code and hijack the device.

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