CVE-2007-3153

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 11, 2007
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Jun 11, 2007

Description

The ares_init:randomize_key function in c-ares, on platforms other than Windows, uses a weak facility for producing a random number sequence (Unix rand), which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses by guessing certain values.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

37172vdb-entry
cares-aresinitrandomizekey-weak-security(34980)vdb-entry
http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
24386vdb-entry

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