CVE-2008-3905 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3905
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Description: resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45935 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-651-1 SLACKWARE http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.371754 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32256 Secunia Advisory: SA32255 Secunia Advisory: SA32948 Secunia Advisory: SA33178 Secunia Advisory: SA31430 Secunia Advisory: SA32165 Secunia Advisory: SA32219 Secunia Advisory: SA32371 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/3 GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml FEDORA DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/08/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ruby/ BID 31699

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