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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes Dnsmasq Cache Poisoning Vulnerability

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes Dnsmasq Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2359
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1447
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-13

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A vulnerability has been identified in Redhat, which could be exploited by remote attackers to poison a vulnerable DNS cache. This issue is caused by an error in Dnsmasq. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2166

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://rhn.redhat.com/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2359
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0789.html

ChangeLog

2008-08-13 : Initial release

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