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 is popular because of its easy configuratiuon and low impact on resources. It is commonly pre-installed on a wide variety of systems, including Linux distributions, home routers and IoT devices. Googles research team says that after it recognised the severity of the issue, it worked with the maintainer of the software to produce fixes, which have since been released as version 2.78.”]