ALPINE-CVE-2020-25684

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-25684
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-25684.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2020-25684
Upstream
Published
2021-01-20T16:15:14Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:18:45.787802Z
Severity
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in dnsmasq before version 2.83. When getting a reply from a forwarded query, dnsmasq checks in the forward.c:reply_query() if the reply destination address/port is used by the pending forwarded queries. However, it does not use the address/port to retrieve the exact forwarded query, substantially reducing the number of attempts an attacker on the network would have to perform to forge a reply and get it accepted by dnsmasq. This issue contrasts with RFC5452, which specifies a query's attributes that all must be used to match a reply. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a DNS Cache Poisoning attack. If chained with CVE-2020-25685 or CVE-2020-25686, the attack complexity of a successful attack is reduced. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-r0
2.47-r0
2.49-r0
2.50-r0
2.50-r1
2.51-r0
2.52-r0
2.52-r1
2.55-r0
2.57-r0
2.58-r0
2.59-r0
2.59-r1
2.60-r0
2.61-r0
2.62-r0
2.63-r0
2.64-r0
2.65-r0
2.66-r0
2.66-r1
2.66-r2
2.67-r0
2.68-r0
2.69-r0
2.70-r0
2.71-r0
2.72-r0
2.72-r1
2.73-r0
2.75-r0
2.75-r1
2.75-r2
2.76-r0
2.76-r1
2.76-r2
2.76-r3
2.76-r4
2.77-r0
2.78-r0
2.78-r1
2.78-r2
2.79-r0
2.79-r1
2.79-r2
2.80-r0
2.80-r1
2.80-r2
2.80-r3
2.80-r4

Alpine:v3.11

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-r0
2.47-r0
2.49-r0
2.50-r0
2.50-r1
2.51-r0
2.52-r0
2.52-r1
2.55-r0
2.57-r0
2.58-r0
2.59-r0
2.59-r1
2.60-r0
2.61-r0
2.62-r0
2.63-r0
2.64-r0
2.65-r0
2.66-r0
2.66-r1
2.66-r2
2.67-r0
2.68-r0
2.69-r0
2.70-r0
2.71-r0
2.72-r0
2.72-r1
2.73-r0
2.75-r0
2.75-r1
2.75-r2
2.76-r0
2.76-r1
2.76-r2
2.76-r3
2.76-r4
2.77-r0
2.78-r0
2.78-r1
2.78-r2
2.79-r0
2.79-r1
2.79-r2
2.80-r0
2.80-r1
2.80-r2
2.80-r3
2.80-r4
2.80-r5

Alpine:v3.12

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-r0
2.47-r0
2.49-r0
2.50-r0
2.50-r1
2.51-r0
2.52-r0
2.52-r1
2.55-r0
2.57-r0
2.58-r0
2.59-r0
2.59-r1
2.60-r0
2.61-r0
2.62-r0
2.63-r0
2.64-r0
2.65-r0
2.66-r0
2.66-r1
2.66-r2
2.67-r0
2.68-r0
2.69-r0
2.70-r0
2.71-r0
2.72-r0
2.72-r1
2.73-r0
2.75-r0
2.75-r1
2.75-r2
2.76-r0
2.76-r1
2.76-r2
2.76-r3
2.76-r4
2.77-r0
2.78-r0
2.78-r1
2.78-r2
2.79-r0
2.79-r1
2.79-r2
2.80-r0
2.80-r1
2.80-r2
2.80-r3
2.80-r4
2.80-r5
2.81-r0

Alpine:v3.13

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-r0
2.47-r0
2.49-r0
2.50-r0
2.50-r1
2.51-r0
2.52-r0
2.52-r1
2.55-r0
2.57-r0
2.58-r0
2.59-r0
2.59-r1
2.60-r0
2.61-r0
2.62-r0
2.63-r0
2.64-r0
2.65-r0
2.66-r0
2.66-r1
2.66-r2
2.67-r0
2.68-r0
2.69-r0
2.70-r0
2.71-r0
2.72-r0
2.72-r1
2.73-r0
2.75-r0
2.75-r1
2.75-r2
2.76-r0
2.76-r1
2.76-r2
2.76-r3
2.76-r4
2.77-r0
2.78-r0
2.78-r1
2.78-r2
2.79-r0
2.79-r1
2.79-r2
2.80-r0
2.80-r1
2.80-r2
2.80-r3
2.80-r4
2.80-r5
2.81-r0
2.81-r1
2.82-r0

Alpine:v3.14

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.46-r0
2.47-r0
2.49-r0
2.50-r0
2.50-r1
2.51-r0
2.52-r0
2.52-r1
2.55-r0
2.57-r0
2.58-r0
2.59-r0
2.59-r1
2.60-r0
2.61-r0
2.62-r0
2.63-r0
2.64-r0
2.65-r0
2.66-r0
2.66-r1
2.66-r2
2.67-r0
2.68-r0
2.69-r0
2.70-r0
2.71-r0
2.72-r0
2.72-r1
2.73-r0
2.75-r0
2.75-r1
2.75-r2
2.76-r0
2.76-r1
2.76-r2
2.76-r3
2.76-r4
2.77-r0
2.78-r0
2.78-r1
2.78-r2
2.79-r0
2.79-r1
2.79-r2
2.80-r0
2.80-r1
2.80-r2
2.80-r3
2.80-r4
2.80-r5
2.81-r0
2.81-r1
2.82-r0

Alpine:v3.15

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.16

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.17

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.18

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.19

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.20

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.21

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0

Alpine:v3.22

dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.83-r0