7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-28450
"Ubiquity Dnsmasq EDNS.0 UDP Packet Size Denial of Service"
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 15, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 4:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-28450 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Thekelleys dnsmasq

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-28450 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-28450 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG
    Removed Reference MITRE https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html No Types Assigned https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html No Types Assigned https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html Product
    Changed Reference Type https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG No Types Assigned https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5 No Types Assigned https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5 Patch
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.90
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.35 }} 0.02%

score

0.72294

percentile

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