CVE-2007-3153

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2007

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

daniel_stenberg:c-ares

References

http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup(cve@mitre.org)

http://osvdb.org/37172(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24386(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34980(cve@mitre.org)

http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://osvdb.org/37172(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24386(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34980(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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