Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Dnsmasq - CVE-2021-3448

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Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Dnsmasq - CVE-2021-3448

Published: April 13, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52065
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3448
CWE-ID: CWE-345
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Dnsmasq
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DNS Cache Poisoning attack.

The vulnerability exists due to dnsmasq relies only on transmission ID when processing DNS queries and uses the same port for outgoing requests, when configured to given network interface. A remote attacker can guess the random transmission ID to forge a reply and get it accepted by dnsmasq.As a result, an attacker can perform a DNS Cache Poisoning attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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