Vulnerability CVE-2020-25686: Information

Description

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.

Severity: LOW (3.7) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Published: Jan. 20, 2021
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-358

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
dnsmasqsisyphus2.83-alt12.90-alt1ALT-PU-2021-1126-1265102Fixed
dnsmasqp102.83-alt12.90-alt1ALT-PU-2021-1126-1265102Fixed
dnsmasqp92.83-alt12.85-alt2.p9.1ALT-PU-2021-1167-1265103Fixed
dnsmasqc10f12.83-alt12.90-alt1ALT-PU-2021-1126-1265102Fixed
dnsmasqc9f22.83-alt12.90-alt1ALT-PU-2021-1217-1265685Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End excliding
      2.83

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 3

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 4

      cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      4.21
      End excliding
      4.21.14m

      cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      4.22
      End excliding
      4.22.9m

      cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      4.23
      End excliding
      4.23.7m

      cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      4.24
      End excliding
      4.24.5m

      cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      4.25
      End excliding
      4.25.2f