Gentoo GLSA-200708-13 Normal: BIND Weak Random Number Generation
gentoo
August 18, 2007
The ISC BIND random number generator uses a weak algorithm, making it easier to guess the next query ID and perform a DNS cache poisoning attack
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-13
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Weak random number generation
Date: August 18, 2007
Bugs: #186556
ID: 200708-13
Synopsis
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The ISC BIND random number generator uses a weak algorithm, making it
easier to guess the next query ID and perform a DNS cache poisoning
attack.
Background
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ISC BIND is the Internet Systems Consortium implementation of the
Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/bind < 9.4.1_p1 >= 9.4.1_p1
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Amit Klein from Trusteer reported that the random number generator of
ISC BIND leads, half the tim...
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