CVE-2020-25683
Published: 19 January 2021
A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in dnsmasq when DNSSEC is enabled and before it validates the received DNS entries. A remote attacker, who can create valid DNS replies, could use this flaw to cause an overflow in a heap-allocated memory. This flaw is caused by the lack of length checks in rfc1035.c:extract_name(), which could be abused to make the code execute memcpy() with a negative size in get_rdata() and cause a crash in dnsmasq, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.9
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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dnsmasq Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.83)
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Released
(2.82-1ubuntu2)
|
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Released
(2.80-1.1ubuntu1.2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2.79-1ubuntu0.2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.7)
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
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