Bug 2178948 (CVE-2023-28450)

Summary:	CVE-2023-28450 dnsmasq: default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to 4096 but should be 1232
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bdettelb, dfreiber, eglynn, jburrell, jjoyce, lhh, mburns, mgarciac, pemensik, rogbas, spower, vkumar, xiaoyali
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Dnsmasq. The default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to 4096 but should be 1232 because of DNS Flag Day 2020.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2178954, 2180293, 2180294
Bug Blocks:	2178946

Description Marian Rehak 2023-03-16 09:13:07 UTC

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.

Reference:

https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-03-16 09:32:40 UTC

Created dnsmasq tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2178954]

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:18:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6524 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6524

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:19:17 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7046 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7046

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-27 15:05:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1544 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1544

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-27 15:05:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1545 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1545

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2024-06-23 22:48:41 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:4052 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4052