Security Advisory SA29127 - DNSSEC-Tools libval Validation Algorithm Security Issue

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Secunia Advisory SA29127

DNSSEC-Tools libval Validation Algorithm Security Issue

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SA29127

Release Date

2008-02-26

Last Update

2008-03-11

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Security Bypass

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From remote

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Solution Status

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Software:

DNSSEC-Tools 1.x

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CVE-2008-1184 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

A security issue has been reported in DNSSEC-Tools, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an error within the libval library when verifying data using an invalid trust anchor, and can be exploited to circumvent DNSSEC checks.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.3.2.

Solution
Update to version 1.3.2.
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Original Advisory
http://dnssec-tools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dnssec-tools?view=rev&revision=3872

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