If we add the EDNS client subnet option, or the client's
MAC address, then the reply we get back may very depending on
that. Since the cache is ignorant of such things, it's not safe to
cache such replies. This patch determines when a dangerous EDNS
option is being added and disables caching.
Note that for much the same reason, we can't combine multiple
queries for the same question when dangerous EDNS options are
being added, and the code now handles that in the same way. This
query combining is required for security against cache poisoning,
so disabling the cache has a security function as well as a
correctness one.
This was the source of a large number of #ifdefs, originally
included for use with old embedded libc versions. I'm
sure no-one wants or needs IPv6-free code these days, so this
is a move towards more maintainable code.
Fix out-of-memory Dos vulnerability. An attacker which can
send malicious DNS queries to dnsmasq can trigger memory
allocations in the add_pseudoheader function
The allocated memory is never freed which leads to a DoS
through memory exhaustion. dnsmasq is vulnerable only
if one of the following option is specified:
--add-mac, --add-cpe-id or --add-subnet.
Fix DoS in DNS. Invalid boundary checks in the
add_pseudoheader function allows a memcpy call with negative
size An attacker which can send malicious DNS queries
to dnsmasq can trigger a DoS remotely.
dnsmasq is vulnerable only if one of the following option is
specified: --add-mac, --add-cpe-id or --add-subnet.
Simon Kelley