CVE-2014-4883 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

resolv.c in the DNS resolver in uIP, and dns.c in the DNS resolver in lwIP 1.4.1 and earlier, does not use random values for ID fields and source ports of DNS query packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via spoofed reply packets.

Published: 2014-11-28

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lwip_project:lwip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-4802	resolv.c in the DNS resolver in uIP, and dns.c in the DNS resolver in lwIP 1.4.1 and earlier, does not use random values for ID fields and source ports of DNS query packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via spoofed reply packets.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00572.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lwip.git/commit/?id=9fb46e120655ac481b2af8f865d5ae56c39b831a
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/210620

History

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Subscriptions

Lwip Project Lwip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2014-11-28T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:27:37.029Z

Reserved: 2014-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4883

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-28T02:59:04.677

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4883

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-345
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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