A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way RRSets are sorted before validating with DNSSEC data. An attacker on the network, who can forge DNS replies such as that they are accepted as valid, could use this flaw to cause a buffer overflow with arbitrary data in a heap memory segment, possibly executing code on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | alma-upgrade-dnsmasqalma-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | May 4, 2022 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-dnsmasq | Aug 22, 2024 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-dnsmasqcentos-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginfocentos-upgrade-dnsmasq-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-dnsmasq-utilscentos-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-dnsmasq | Feb 4, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-dnsmasqfreebsd-upgrade-package-dnsmasq-devel | Jan 21, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-dnsmasq | Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-dnsmasqhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Feb 22, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-dnsmasqhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Feb 22, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-dnsmasqhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Mar 24, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-dnsmasqhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Feb 2, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-dnsmasq | Feb 8, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-service-network-dnsmasq-2-84-11-4-31-0-1-88-1 | Mar 17, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-dnsmasqoracle-linux-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Redhat Openshift | linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos | Mar 12, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Redhat_linux | redhat-upgrade-dnsmasqredhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-utilsredhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-dnsmasqsuse-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Jan 21, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasqubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasq-baseubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 20, 2021 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 20, 2021 |
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