Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18277
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:8
Title:DSA-1619-1 python-dns - DNS response spoofing
Description:Multiple weaknesses have been identified in PyDNS, a DNS client implementation for the Python language. Dan Kaminsky identified a practical vector of DNS response spoofing and cache poisoning, exploiting the limited entropy in a DNS transaction ID and lack of UDP source port randomization in many DNS implementations. Scott Kitterman noted that python-dns is vulnerable to this predictability, as it randomizes neither its transaction ID nor its source port. Taken together, this lack of entropy leaves applications using python-dns to perform DNS queries highly susceptible to response forgery.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-1447
CVE-2008-4099
DSA-1619-1
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s):python-dns
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND python-dns DPKG is earlier than 2.3.0-5.2+etch1
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