PT-2007-4436 · C-Ares · C-Ares

Published 2007-06-11 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-3153

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: c-ares (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the use of a weak random number generation facility in the ares init:randomize key function on non-Windows platforms, making it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses by guessing certain values.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3153

Affected Products

C-Ares

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3153 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24386 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34980 · Note
• http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup · Note
• http://osvdb.org/37172 · Note