CVE-2020-14312

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14312
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-06 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-25 11:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the default configuration of dnsmasq, as shipped with Fedora versions prior to 31 and in all versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where it listens on any interface and accepts queries from addresses outside of its local subnet. In particular, the option `local-service` is not enabled. Running dnsmasq in this manner may inadvertently make it an open resolver accessible from any address on the internet. This flaw allows an attacker to conduct a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against other systems.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1851342 – (CVE-2020-14312) CVE-2020-14312 dnsmasq: insecure default configuration makes it an open resolver MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 672257 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2022-2678)
  • 672288 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2022-2646)
  • 672340 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2022-2760)
  • 672375 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2022-2725)
  • 674070 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2024-1261)
  • 751285 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2021:3530-1)
  • 751289 OpenSUSE Security Update for dnsmasq (openSUSE-SU-2021:3530-1)
  • 751300 OpenSUSE Security Update for dnsmasq (openSUSE-SU-2021:1426-1)
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