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ID:5065 - Exploit for Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Dnsmasq - CVE-2020-25685
ID:5065 - Exploit for Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Dnsmasq - CVE-2020-25685
Published: January 24, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49844
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25685
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Dnsmasq
Dnsmasq
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a lack of query resource name (RRNAME) checks in the "reply_query" function. A remote attacker can perform a DNS cache poisoning attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.