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dnsmasq — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25683

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.

Products: dnsmasq
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: 2.83-1
CVEs: CVE-2020-25683
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 1 Nov 2026, 13:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25683

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jan 2021, 16:15 UTC

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25683

dnsmasq

Fixed versions: 2.83-1

dnsmasq

Fixed versions: 2.83-1

dnsmasq

Fixed versions: 2.83-1

Complete source record

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