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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202105-20 ] Dnsmasq: DNS cache poisoning
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 09:06:05
Message-Id: 59874d3e-2539-ac9e-7460-796142e1e306@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-20
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Dnsmasq: DNS cache poisoning
9 Date: May 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #782130
11 ID: 202105-20
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15 Synopsis
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18 Use of insufficient randomness in Dnsmasq might lead to DNS Cache
19 Poisoning.
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21 Background
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24 Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP
25 server.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-dns/dnsmasq < 2.85 >= 2.85
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35 Description
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38 It was discovered that Dnsmasq, when configured with
39 --server=<address>@<interface> or similar (e.g. through dbus),
40 configured a fixed UDP port for all outgoing queries to the specified
41 upstream DNS server.
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43 Impact
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46 An attacker, by sending malicious crafted DNS responses, could perform
47 a DNS Cache Poisoning attack.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.85"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-3448
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3448
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-20
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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