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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Published : 2021-01-20 16:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:18
NVD link : CVE-2020-25683
Mitre link : CVE-2020-25683
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25683
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Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
debian
- debian_linux
thekelleys
- dnsmasq
CWE
CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow