Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-45953 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Thekelleys Dnsmasq 2.86
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called from hash_questions and fuzz_util.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35858
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35858
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-929.yaml
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-929.yaml
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.html
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.html
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.html
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.html