CVE-2020-25681

Summary

CVECVE-2020-25681
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-20 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way RRSets are sorted before validating with DNSSEC data. An attacker on the network, who can forge DNS replies such as that they are accepted as valid, could use this flaw to cause a buffer overflow with arbitrary data in a heap memory segment, possibly executing code on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: dnsmasq-2.83-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2604-1] dnsmasq security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dnsmasq-2.84-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1881875 – (CVE-2020-25681) CVE-2020-25681 dnsmasq: heap-based buffer overflow in sort_rrset() when DNSSEC is enabled MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: dnsmasq-2.83-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dnsmasq-2.84-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Dnsmasq: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
DNSPOOQ - JSOF MISC www.jsof-tech.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4844-1 dnsmasq DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161048 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (ELSA-2023-12972)
  • 161049 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (ELSA-2023-12971)
  • 178499 Debian Security Update for dnsmasq (DLA 2604-1)
  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 377140 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0009)
  • 500150 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 503800 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 670173 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2021-1673)
  • 690442 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for dnsmasq (5b5cf6e5-5b51-11eb-95ac-7f9491278677)
  • 750407 OpenSUSE Security Update for dnsmasq (openSUSE-SU-2021:0129-1)
  • 750409 OpenSUSE Security Update for dnsmasq (openSUSE-SU-2021:0124-1)
  • 900068 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for dnsmasq 2.79
  • 903216 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for dnsmasq (3813)
  • 940396 AlmaLinux Security Update for dnsmasq (ALSA-2021:0150)
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