CVE-2008-4100

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 18, 2008
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Sep 15, 2008

Description

GNU adns 1.4 and earlier uses a fixed source port and sequential transaction IDs for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is intended behavior and is compatible with the product's intended role in a trusted environment.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492698
[oss-security] 20080911 Re: CVE Request (ruby -- DNS spoofing vulnerability in resolv.rb)mailing-list
6197exploit
[oss-security] 20080915 Re: CVE Request (ruby -- DNS spoofing vulnerability in resolv.rb)mailing-list

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