# RHSA-2024:1335: Security update for 2 packages

RHSA-2024:1335, released March 14, 2024, fixes 2 CVEs across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-1335
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Mar 14, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2023-50387, high severity)
- CVEs: 2, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1335

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [dnsmasq](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/dnsmasq.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.79-31.el8_9.2 |
| [dnsmasq-utils](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/dnsmasq-utils.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.79-31.el8_9.2 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2023-50387](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-50387.md) | High | MITRE: CVE-2023-50387 DNSSEC verification complexity can be exploited to exhaust CPU resources and stall DNS resolvers | 7.5 | 0.9999 |  |
| [CVE-2023-50868](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-50868.md) | High | MITRE: CVE-2023-50868 NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU | 7.5 | 0.7430 | Disclosed |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo