Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting dnsmasq-utils package, versions <0:2.79-13.el8_3.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-DNSMASQUTILS-3950722
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Jan 2021

Introduced: 19 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-25684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 dnsmasq-utils to version 0:2.79-13.el8_3.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0150.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dnsmasq-utils package and not the dnsmasq-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. When getting a reply from a forwarded query, dnsmasq checks in the forward.c:reply_query() if the reply destination address/port is used by the pending forwarded queries. However, it does not use the address/port to retrieve the exact forwarded query, substantially reducing the number of attempts an attacker on the network would have to perform to forge a reply and get it accepted by dnsmasq. This issue contrasts with RFC5452, which specifies a query's attributes that all must be used to match a reply. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a DNS Cache Poisoning attack. If chained with CVE-2020-25685 or CVE-2020-25686, the attack complexity of a successful attack is reduced. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

CVSS Scores

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