Security Advisory

CVE-2007-3153

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2007-06-11 22:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 14:05:29
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The ares_init:randomize_key function in c-ares, on platforms other than Windows, uses a weak facility for producing a random number sequence (Unix rand), which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses by guessing certain values.