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CVE-2020-25686
published 2021-01-20

CVE-2020-25686: A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. When receiving a query, dnsmasq does not check for an existing pending request for the same name and forwards…

PriorityP422low3.7CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRNUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
4.87%
91.0th percentile
A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. When receiving a query, dnsmasq does not check for an existing pending request for the same name and forwards a new request. By default, a maximum of 150 pending queries can be sent to upstream servers, so there can be at most 150 queries for the same name. This flaw allows an off-path attacker on the network to substantially reduce the number of attempts that it would have to perform to forge a reply and have it accepted by dnsmasq. This issue is mentioned in the "Birthday Attacks" section of RFC5452. If chained with CVE-2020-25684, the attack complexity of a successful attack is reduced. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Affected

23 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
aristaeos>= 4.21 < 4.21.14m4.21.14m
aristaeos>= 4.22 < 4.22.9m4.22.9m
aristaeos>= 4.23 < 4.23.7m4.23.7m
aristaeos>= 4.24 < 4.24.5m4.24.5m
aristaeos>= 4.25 < 4.25.2f4.25.2f
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandnsmasq< dnsmasq 2.83-1 (bookworm)dnsmasq 2.83-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
msrccm1_dnsmasq_2.85-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
thekelleysdnsmasq< 2.832.83
thekelleysdnsmasq
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.83-12.83-1
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.83-12.83-1
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.83-12.83-1
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.83-12.83-1
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.72.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.7
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.82.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.8
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.79-1ubuntu0.22.79-1ubuntu0.2
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.79-1ubuntu0.32.79-1ubuntu0.3
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.80-1.1ubuntu1.22.80-1.1ubuntu1.2
thekelleysdnsmasq>= 0 < 2.80-1.1ubuntu1.32.80-1.1ubuntu1.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.13.7LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv3.7LOW
vendor_cisco8.1HIGH
vendor_debian3.7LOW
vendor_msrc3.7LOW
vendor_redhat3.7LOW
vendor_ubuntu3.7LOW
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