A vulnerability was found in Dnsmasq up to 2.89 (Domain Name Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component EDNS.0 UDP Packet Size Handler. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Dnsmasq before 2.90. The default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to 4096 but should be 1232 because of DNS Flag Day 2020.

The weakness was shared 03/16/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at thekelleys.org.uk. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-28450 since 03/15/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.90 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at thekelleys.org.uk. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The entries VDB-168494, VDB-172683, VDB-189502 and VDB-189511 are related to this item.

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Type

• Domain Name Software

Name

• Dnsmasq

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49
• 2.50
• 2.51
• 2.52
• 2.53
• 2.54
• 2.55
• 2.56
• 2.57
• 2.58
• 2.59
• 2.60
• 2.61
• 2.62
• 2.63
• 2.64
• 2.65
• 2.66
• 2.67
• 2.68
• 2.69
• 2.70
• 2.71
• 2.72
• 2.73
• 2.74
• 2.75
• 2.76
• 2.77
• 2.78
• 2.79
• 2.80
• 2.81
• 2.82
• 2.83
• 2.84
• 2.85
• 2.86
• 2.87
• 2.88
• 2.89

License

• open-source

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