CVE-2008-4100

NameCVE-2008-4100
DescriptionGNU adns 1.4 and earlier uses a fixed source port and sequential transaction IDs for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is intended behavior and is compatible with the product's intended role in a trusted environment.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs492698

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
adns (PTS)jessie, stretch1.5.0~rc1-1fixed
buster1.5.0~rc1-1.1fixed
bullseye, bookworm1.6.0-2fixed
sid, trixie1.6.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
adnssource(unstable)1.4-2unimportant492698

Notes

adns is not supported in untrusted contexts, fix documents this in README.Debian

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