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CVE-2023-28450
Published:March 15, 2023
Updated:April 20, 2026
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.
Related Resources (14)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28450
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-28450
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00035.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28450
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=eb92fb32b746f2104b0f370b5b295bb8dd4bd5e5
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU2ZT4ITSEOOR2CFBAHK4Z67KXJIEWQA/
https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=CHANGELOG
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6UQ6LKDTLSSD64TBIZ3XEKBM2SWC63VV/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01