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>> Sun Solaris IP Filter NAT Service DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability

Title : Sun Solaris IP Filter NAT Service DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3129
CVE ID : CVE-2008-5133
CWE ID : CWE-331
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-11-12


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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks. This issue is caused by an error in the IP Filter (ipfilter) when configured to provide Network Address Translation (NAT) service on DNS servers, which may allow remote unprivileged users to cause named to return incorrect addresses for Internet hosts, thereby redirecting end users to unintended hosts or services.

Affected Products

Sun Solaris 10
Sun OpenSolaris builds snv_01 through snv_95

Solution

Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 127888-11 or later

Sun OpenSolaris (SPARC) - Upgrade to build snv_96 or later

Sun Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 127889-11 or later

Sun OpenSolaris (x86) - Upgrade to build snv_96 or later

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3129
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-245206-1

Credits

Vulnerability reported by CERT/CC.

ChangeLog

2008-11-12 : Initial release

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