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VitalQIP DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31447
Release Date: 2008-08-14
Popularity: 3,304 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Lucent VitalQIP 6.x
VitalQIP 7.x

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Description:
Alcatel-Lucent has acknowledged a vulnerability in VitalQIP, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

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

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