Dnsmasq vulnerability puts home routers and IoT devices at risk

Vulnerability researchers at Google have uncovered exploitable software flaws in code running on internet-connected devices that could allow a malicious hacker to run remotely any code of their choosing. The Dnsmasq network services software, popular because of its easy configuratiuon and low impact on resources, is commonly pre-installed on a wide variety of systems, including Linux distributions, home routers and IoT devices.

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