An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code that initializes the DNS client interface structure does not set sufficiently random transaction IDs (they are always set to 1 in _fnet_dns_poll in fnet_dns.c). This significantly simplifies DNS cache poisoning attacks.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-9422 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code that initializes the DNS client interface structure does not set sufficiently random transaction IDs (they are always set to 1 in _fnet_dns_poll in fnet_dns.c). This significantly simplifies DNS cache poisoning attacks.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:53:17.483Z

Reserved: 2020-08-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17470

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-11T23:15:13.747

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:08:10.743

Link: CVE-2020-17470

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