CVE-2021-3448 applies.
It's possible to specify the source address or interface to be
used when contacting upstream nameservers: server=8.8.8.8@1.2.3.4
or server=8.8.8.8@1.2.3.4#66 or server=8.8.8.8@eth0, and all of
these have, until now, used a single socket, bound to a fixed
port. This was originally done to allow an error (non-existent
interface, or non-local address) to be detected at start-up. This
means that any upstream servers specified in such a way don't use
random source ports, and are more susceptible to cache-poisoning
attacks.
We now use random ports where possible, even when the
source is specified, so server=8.8.8.8@1.2.3.4 or
server=8.8.8.8@eth0 will use random source
ports. server=8.8.8.8@1.2.3.4#66 or any use of --query-port will
use the explicitly configured port, and should only be done with
understanding of the security implications.
Note that this change changes non-existing interface, or non-local
source address errors from fatal to run-time. The error will be
logged and communiction with the server not possible.
The nasty code with static variable in retry_send() which
avoids looping forever needs to be called on success of the syscall,
to reset the static variable.
Simon Kelley