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CVE-2020-17470

An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4.

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Summary

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.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 3

kb.cert.org

us-cert.cisa.gov

fnet.sourceforge.net