CVE-2021-3448
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4 · CWE-358
4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
A flaw was found in dnsmasq in versions before 2.85. When configured to use a specific server for a given network interface, dnsmasq uses a fixed port while forwarding queries. An attacker on the network, able to find the outgoing port used by dnsmasq, only needs to guess the random transmission ID to forge a reply and get it accepted by dnsmasq. This flaw makes a DNS Cache Poisoning attack much easier. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939368 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939368Patch
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVTJUOFFFHINLKWAOC2ZSC5MOPD4SJ24/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHG7GWSQWKF7JXIMLOGJBKZWBB4VIAJ7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GHURNEHHUBSW45KMIZ4FNBCSUPWPGV5V/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-20Advisory