CVE-2021-3448

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3448
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-08 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in dnsmasq in versions before 2.85. When configured to use a specific server for a given network interface, dnsmasq uses a fixed port while forwarding queries. An attacker on the network, able to find the outgoing port used by dnsmasq, only needs to guess the random transmission ID to forge a reply and get it accepted by dnsmasq. This flaw makes a DNS Cache Poisoning attack much easier. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1939368 – (CVE-2021-3448) CVE-2021-3448 dnsmasq: fixed outgoing port used when --server is used with an interface name MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Dnsmasq: DNS cache poisoning (GLSA 202105-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: dnsmasq-2.85-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159657 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq security and bug fix update (ELSA-2021-4153)
  • 180418 Debian Security Update for dnsmasq (CVE-2021-3448)
  • 198395 Ubuntu Security Notification for Dnsmasq vulnerability (USN-4976-1)
  • 239786 Red Hat Update for dnsmasq (RHSA-2021:4153)
  • 281351 Fedora Security Update for dnsmasq (FEDORA-2021-9433bedebd)
  • 281352 Fedora Security Update for dnsmasq (FEDORA-2021-62a5062b2d)
  • 281353 Fedora Security Update for dnsmasq (FEDORA-2021-5cd2571751)
  • 296063 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 45.119.2 Missing (CPUAPR2022)
  • 500151 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 503801 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 670484 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2021-2242)
  • 670510 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2021-2268)
  • 670700 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2021-2458)
  • 672760 EulerOS Security Update for dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2023-1499)
  • 690218 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for dnsmasq (5b72b1ff-877c-11eb-bd4f-2f1d57dafe46)
  • 710096 Gentoo Linux Dnsmasq DNS cache poisoning vulnerability (GLSA 202105-20)
  • 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)
  • 752059 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2022:1288-1)
  • 752062 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2022:1289-1)
  • 753098 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2022:14941-1)
  • 900277 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for dnsmasq 2.84
  • 903668 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for dnsmasq (4079)
  • 940078 AlmaLinux Security Update for dnsmasq (ALSA-2021:4153)
  • 960788 Rocky Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (RLSA-2021:4153)
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