CVE-2007-3152

high

Description

c-ares before 1.4.0 uses a predictable seed for the random number generator for the DNS Transaction ID field, which might allow remote attackers to spoof DNS responses by guessing the field value.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34979

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24386

http://secunia.com/advisories/25579

http://osvdb.org/37171

http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-11

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N