This CVE name corresponds to:
Entered | Topic |
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2007-06-09 | c-ares -- DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability |
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Type | Candidate |
Name | CVE-2007-3153 |
Phase | Assigned(20070611) |
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.
Source | Reference |
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CONFIRM | http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup |
BID | 24386 |
OSVDB | 37172 |
XF | cares-aresinitrandomizekey-weak-security(34980) |
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