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Juniper Networks Products DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31012
Release Date: 2008-07-09
Popularity: 3,102 views

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

OS:JUNOS 8.x
NetScreen ScreenOS 5.x
NetScreen ScreenOS 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1447


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in various Juniper Network products, 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.

The following products are affected:
* Network firewalls running ScreenOS software
* J-series routers running JUNOS Enhanced Services Software (junos-jsr) built prior to May 23, 2008.
* Juniper switching products running JUNOS Enhanced Switching Software (junos-ex) built prior to May 23, 2008.

Solution:
Contact Juniper Networks Customer Support Center for product updates.
https://www.juniper.net/alerts/viewal...ber=PSN-2008-06-040&viewMode=view

Provided and/or discovered by:
Dan Kaminsky, IOActive

Original Advisory:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7DWR4Z

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


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