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Current 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. This flaw allows a remote attacker, who can create valid DNS replies, 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 sort_rrset() and cause a crash in dnsmasq, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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. This flaw allows a remote attacker, who can create valid DNS replies, 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 sort_rrset() 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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*cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.83
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVSS V2
NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891568 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891568 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYW3IR6APUSKOYKL5FT3ACTIHWHGQY32/ No Types Assigned
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYW3IR6APUSKOYKL5FT3ACTIHWHGQY32/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17 No Types Assigned
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-17 Third Party Advisory
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https://www.jsof-tech.com/disclosures/dnspooq/ No Types Assigned
https://www.jsof-tech.com/disclosures/dnspooq/ Third Party Advisory