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.
References
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1882018 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00027.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGB7HL3OWHTLEPSMLDGOMXQKG3KM2QME/ | |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYW3IR6APUSKOYKL5FT3ACTIHWHGQY32/ | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4844 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.jsof-tech.com/disclosures/dnspooq/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2021-01-20 16:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23
NVD link : CVE-2020-25683
Mitre link : CVE-2020-25683
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25683
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
thekelleys
- dnsmasq
CWE
CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow