Skip to navigation Skip to main content

Utilities

  • Subscriptions
  • Downloads
  • Red Hat Console
  • Get Support
Red Hat Customer Portal
  • Subscriptions
  • Downloads
  • Red Hat Console
  • Get Support
  • Products

    Top Products

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Red Hat OpenShift
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
    All Products

    Downloads and Containers

    • Downloads
    • Packages
    • Containers

    Top Resources

    • Documentation
    • Product Life Cycles
    • Product Compliance
    • Errata
  • Knowledge

    Red Hat Knowledge Center

    • Knowledgebase Solutions
    • Knowledgebase Articles
    • Customer Portal Labs
    • Errata

    Top Product Docs

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Red Hat OpenShift
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
    All Product Docs

    Training and Certification

    • About
    • Course Index
    • Certification Index
    • Skill Assessment
  • Security

    Red Hat Product Security Center

    • Security Updates
    • Security Advisories
    • Red Hat CVE Database
    • Errata

    References

    • Security Bulletins
    • Security Measurement
    • Severity Ratings
    • Security Data

    Top Resources

    • Security Labs
    • Backporting Policies
    • Security Blog
  • Support

    Red Hat Support

    • Support Cases
    • Troubleshoot
    • Get Support
    • Contact Red Hat Support

    Red Hat Community Support

    • Customer Portal Community
    • Community Discussions
    • Red Hat Accelerator Program

    Top Resources

    • Product Life Cycles
    • Customer Portal Labs
    • Red Hat JBoss Supported Configurations
    • Red Hat Insights
Or troubleshoot an issue.

Select Your Language

  • English
  • Français
  • 한국어
  • 日本語
  • 中文 (中国)

Infrastructure and Management

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Satellite
  • Red Hat Subscription Management
  • Red Hat Insights
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Cloud Computing

  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
  • Red Hat Quay
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS

Storage

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage
  • Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage
  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Runtimes

  • Red Hat Runtimes
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
  • Red Hat Data Grid
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server
  • Red Hat build of Keycloak
  • Red Hat support for Spring Boot
  • Red Hat build of Node.js
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus

Integration and Automation

  • Red Hat Application Foundations
  • Red Hat Fuse
  • Red Hat AMQ
  • Red Hat 3scale API Management
All Products
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:0240 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-01-25
Updated:
2021-01-25

RHSA-2021:0240 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: dnsmasq security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

Security Fix(es):

  • dnsmasq: loose address/port check in reply_query() makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker (CVE-2020-25684)
  • dnsmasq: loose query name check in reply_query() makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker (CVE-2020-25685)
  • dnsmasq: multiple queries forwarded for the same name makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker (CVE-2020-25686)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1889686 - CVE-2020-25684 dnsmasq: loose address/port check in reply_query() makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker
  • BZ - 1889688 - CVE-2020-25685 dnsmasq: loose query name check in reply_query() makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker
  • BZ - 1890125 - CVE-2020-25686 dnsmasq: multiple queries forwarded for the same name makes forging replies easier for an off-path attacker

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-25684
  • CVE-2020-25685
  • CVE-2020-25686

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2021-001
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.2

SRPM
dnsmasq-2.66-14.el7_2.3.src.rpm SHA-256: e292fd7c3224e753cb5a07c6934f7d7fbeb2504088daf574ec76ced662f5dbae
x86_64
dnsmasq-2.66-14.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: defdfb873cd461d6eae4e689b5f74ebfe78e78f00e05d6ec79774896fcb81b52
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.66-14.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e82ae0a105f7748a7fe3885650d30af84ce5fb90e1bdb5503d23b7f1aaf88b2a
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.66-14.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e82ae0a105f7748a7fe3885650d30af84ce5fb90e1bdb5503d23b7f1aaf88b2a
dnsmasq-utils-2.66-14.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 563bec7b974cce51e46fc736dd738af682ba6e38590fa546656da9cb6b7f0eda

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

Red Hat LinkedIn YouTube Facebook X, formerly Twitter

Quick Links

  • Downloads
  • Subscriptions
  • Support Cases
  • Customer Service
  • Product Documentation

Help

  • Contact Us
  • Customer Portal FAQ
  • Log-in Assistance

Site Info

  • Trust Red Hat
  • Browser Support Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Awards and Recognition
  • Colophon

Related Sites

  • redhat.com
  • developers.redhat.com
  • connect.redhat.com
  • cloud.redhat.com

Red Hat legal and privacy links

  • About Red Hat
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Locations
  • Contact Red Hat
  • Red Hat Blog
  • Inclusion at Red Hat
  • Cool Stuff Store
  • Red Hat Summit
© 2025 Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat legal and privacy links

  • Privacy statement
  • Terms of use
  • All policies and guidelines
  • Digital accessibility