A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU adns up to 1.4. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-16. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GNU adns 1.4 and earlier uses a fixed source port and sequential transaction IDs for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is intended behavior and is compatible with the product s intended role in a trusted environment.

The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2008 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4100 since 09/15/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592.004 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (6197). The entries VDB-44091 and VDB-44081 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• GNU

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• adns

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4

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• open-source

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