A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way RRSets are sorted before validating with DNSSEC data. An attacker on the network, who can forge DNS replies such as that they are accepted as valid, could use this flaw to cause a buffer overflow with arbitrary data in a heap memory segment, possibly executing code on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-01-20T16:36:41

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.587Z

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25681

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-20T17:15:12.843

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:26.987

Link: CVE-2020-25681

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25681 - Bugzilla