Integer overflow in Dnsmasq - CVE-2023-49441

 

Integer overflow in Dnsmasq - CVE-2023-49441

Published: July 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94783
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49441
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the sha256_transform() function in hash-questions.c when comparing hashes. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Dnsmasq
openEuler
dnsmasq
dnsmasq-debuginfo
dnsmasq-debugsource
dnsmasq-help

How to mitigate CVE-2023-49441

Install updates from vendor's website.

Dnsmasq - update to 2.90
dnsmasq - addressed in versions 2.82-15, 2.86-8
dnsmasq-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.82-15, 2.86-8
dnsmasq-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.82-15, 2.86-8
dnsmasq-help - addressed in versions 2.82-15, 2.86-8

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