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oesa-2022-1821
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler
Published
2022-08-12 11:05
Modified
2026-08-06 11:05
Summary
dnsmasq security update
Details

Dnsmasq provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot. It is designed to be lightweight and have a small footprint, suitable for resource constrained routers and firewalls. It has also been widely used for tethering on smartphones and portable hotspots, and to support virtual networking in virtualisation frameworks.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in the default configuration of dnsmasq, as shipped with Fedora versions prior to 31 and in all versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where it listens on any interface and accepts queries from addresses outside of its local subnet. In particular, the option local-service is not enabled. Running dnsmasq in this manner may inadvertently make it an open resolver accessible from any address on the internet. This flaw allows an attacker to conduct a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against other systems.(CVE-2020-14312)


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "aarch64": [
          "dnsmasq-help-2.82-10.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-2.82-10.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.82-10.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-debugsource-2.82-10.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "dnsmasq-2.82-10.oe1.src.rpm"
        ],
        "x86_64": [
          "dnsmasq-debugsource-2.82-10.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-help-2.82-10.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.82-10.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-2.82-10.oe1.x86_64.rpm"
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1",
        "name": "dnsmasq",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/dnsmasq\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.82-10.oe1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "aarch64": [
          "dnsmasq-debugsource-2.82-11.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-2.82-11.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-help-2.82-11.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.82-11.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "dnsmasq-2.82-11.oe1.src.rpm"
        ],
        "x86_64": [
          "dnsmasq-debugsource-2.82-11.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-2.82-11.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.82-11.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "dnsmasq-help-2.82-11.oe1.x86_64.rpm"
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3",
        "name": "dnsmasq",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/dnsmasq\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP3"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.82-11.oe1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Dnsmasq provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot. It is designed to be lightweight and have a small footprint, suitable for resource constrained routers and firewalls. It has also been widely used for tethering on smartphones and portable hotspots, and to support virtual networking in virtualisation frameworks.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA flaw was found in the default configuration of dnsmasq, as shipped with Fedora versions prior to 31 and in all versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where it listens on any interface and accepts queries from addresses outside of its local subnet. In particular, the option local-service is not enabled. Running dnsmasq in this manner may inadvertently make it an open resolver accessible from any address on the internet. This flaw allows an attacker to conduct a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against other systems.(CVE-2020-14312)",
  "id": "OESA-2022-1821",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:05:05Z",
  "published": "2022-08-12T11:05:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1821"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14312"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "dnsmasq security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-14312"
  ]
}



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