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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-01-20T15:22:21

Updated: 2022-01-25T13:52:07

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-25684

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-20T16:15:14.163

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:20:22.107


Link: CVE-2020-25684

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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