CVE-2020-25686CWE-358

A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83

published January 20, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05466 · 92.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-358 · Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
Published
2021-01-20T16:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JAN 16:47Z
    A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83
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