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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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| thekelleys | dnsmasq | 2.83 | - |
| fedoraproject | fedora | - |
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5
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15
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thekelleys / dnsmasq
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| fedoraproject | fedora | - | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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