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CVE-2020-25683 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1882018 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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.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/QGB7HL3OWHTLEPSMLDGOMXQKG3KM2QME/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYW3IR6APUSKOYKL5FT3ACTIHWHGQY32/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYW3IR6APUSKOYKL5FT3ACTIHWHGQY32/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4844 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4844 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.jsof-tech.com/disclosures/dnspooq/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.jsof-tech.com/disclosures/dnspooq/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-25683
NVD Published Date:
01/20/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.