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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2023-28450

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Dnsmasq versions prior to 2.90test1. The default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set to "4096" but should be "1232" because of DNS Flag Day 2020.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published