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HP-UX BIND4 DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20217
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Release Date:
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2006-05-23
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Popularity:
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6,266 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| OS: | HP-UX 11.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP-UX, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in DNS BIND4 when it is configured to respond to recursive queries and the results are cached. This can be exploited in DNS cache poison attacks to e.g. redirect DNS clients to malicious or spoofed websites.
The vulnerability has been reported in HP-UX B.11.00.
Solution:
The vendor recommends disabling DNS recursion, or restrict access to affected systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
HPSBUX02117 SSRT2400:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00668546
HPSBGN01156 SSRT2400:
http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=200000078581338
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