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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25684

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25684 PUBLISHED CVSS 3.700000047683716 LOW

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
3.700000047683716
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12dnsmasq0, 0, 0
Debian:14dnsmasq0, 0, 0
Debian:11dnsmasq0, 0, 0
Debian:13dnsmasq0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 20, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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