Apple Bonjour 1.0.4 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Bonjour 1.0.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3630. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Bonjour 1.0.4. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an application uses the Bonjour API for unicast DNS, does not choose random values for transaction IDs or source ports in DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

The bug was discovered 09/09/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3630 since 08/12/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34242 (Bonjour < 1.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2009-09-09)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115938 (Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder NULL Pointer Denial of Service (APPLE-SA-2008-09-09)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45007), Tenable (34242), SecurityFocus (BID 31093†), OSVDB (48020†) and Secunia (SA31822†). The entry VDB-43950 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34242
Nessus Name: Bonjour < 1.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2009-09-09)
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OpenVAS ID: 70806
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201201-05 (mDNSResponder)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bonjour 1.0.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3630 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3630
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43967
X-Force: 45007
SecurityFocus: 31093 - Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder Remote Forged DNS Response Vulnerability
Secunia: 31822
OSVDB: 48020 - Apple - Bonjour for Windows - mDNSResponder Remote Forged DNS Response Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020844
Vulnerability Center: 19504 - Apple Bonjour for Windows < 1.0.5 mDNSResponder Allows Spoofing of DNS Responses, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2524

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 09:25
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (72), 08/17/2019 09:25 (11)
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