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OpenBSD DNS Server PRNG Transaction ID Vulnerability Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28819  
Release Date: 2008-02-07
Last Update: 2008-03-14

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:OpenBSD 3.x
OpenBSD 4.0
OpenBSD 4.1
OpenBSD 4.2


CVE reference:CVE-2008-1146 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1147 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1148 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
Amit Klein has reported a vulnerability in OpenBSD, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability is caused due to a weakness within the OpenBSD DNS server's pseudo random number generator (PRNG). This can be exploited to obtain the DNS transaction ID and poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability is reported in OpenBSD versions 3.3 to 4.2.

Solution:
Do not rely on the information returned by an OpenBSD DNS server.

Fixed in the CVS repository.
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb...amp;content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Provided and/or discovered by:
Amit Klein, Trusteer

Changelog:
2008-03-11: Added CVE reference.
2008-03-14: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/dnsopenbsd.html



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