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Sun Solaris DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31014
Release Date: 2008-07-09
Last Update: 2008-11-12
Popularity: 5,174 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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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.

The vulnerability affects Solaris 8, 9, and OpenSolaris.

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