REDHAT-BUG-1851342

First published: Fri Jun 26 2020(Updated: )

dnsmasq, as shipped with Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, has a default configuration that makes it listen on any interface and accept queries from addresses outside of its local subnet. In particular, the option `local-service` is not enabled. Users that enable dnsmasq on their system with its default configuration may inadvertently make it an open resolver accessible from any address on the internet, potentially being involved in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a victim.

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