CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2020-14312
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.23%
Linux
Original NVD Description
A flaw was found in the default configuration of dnsmasq, as shipped with Fedora versions prior to 31 and in all versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where it listens on any interface and accepts queries from addresses outside of its local subnet. In particular, the option `local-service` is not enabled. Running dnsmasq in this manner may inadvertently make it an open resolver accessible from any address on the internet. This flaw allows an attacker to conduct a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against other systems.
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