CVE-2007-3377 Weak cryptography in n/a
Remote attackers can spoof DNS responses due to predictable transaction IDs in the Net::DNS Perl module, affecting applications using this library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-3377?
CVE-2007-3377 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Header.pm in Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, (1) generates predictable sequence IDs with a fixed increment and (2) can use the same starting ID for all child processes of a forking server, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, as originally reported for qpsmtp and spamassassin.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3377?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
perl-Net-DNS Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
perl-Net-DNS-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:0.48-2.el4 |
Products include Nlnet Labs Net Dns.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3377?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-3377 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3377 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3377, GHSA-2mqm-w9vq-9c5r, RHSA-2007:0675.