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Sun Solaris DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31014
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Release Date:
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2008-07-09
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Last Update:
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2008-07-29
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Popularity:
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3,457 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1447
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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.
Solution:
The vendor has made available Interim Security Reliefs (ISR).
http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches
-- SPARC Platform --
* Solaris 9 IDR138950-02 (MD5 = bdbe15fedd50858fbfbbe457867d731c)
* Solaris 8 IDR138951-01 (MD5 = aca3c968346c05baabea9cf4bda941a9)
-- x86 Platform --
* Solaris 8 IDR138959-01 (MD5 = 92679afe992097f0b863b78fd5935cba)
* Solaris 9 IDR138958-02 (MD5 = c55025147410880848d611d0b2c50754)
A final resolution is pending completion.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dan Kaminsky, IOActive
Changelog:
2008-07-29: Updated "Solution" section. Changed "Solution Status" from "Unpatched" to "Vendor Workaround". Added additional links in "Original Advisory" section.
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
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/isrs_available_for_bind_dns
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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