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Sun Solaris 10 DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA30980
Release Date: 2008-07-09
Last Update: 2008-07-29
Popularity: 3,372 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1447


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability is caused due to the products not sufficiently randomising the DNS transaction ID and the source port number, which can be exploited to poison the DNS cache.

Solution:
Apply patches.

SPARC Platform:
Apply patch 119783-06 or later.

x86 Platform:
Apply patch 119784-06 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Dan Kaminsky, IOActive

Changelog:
2008-07-29: Added link to vendor advisory.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239392-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240048-1

Other References:
US-CERT VU#800113:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7ECLCC


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