CVE-2007-3377

Public Exploit

Description

Header.pm in Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, (1) generates predictable sequence IDs with a fixed increment and (2) can use the same starting ID for all child processes of a forking server, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, as originally reported for qpsmtp and spamassassin.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.51% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26417	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29354	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26014	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0675.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9904	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/26012	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515	vendor advisory
http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35112	vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-351.htm
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26055	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26211	third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/37053	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26075	third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018377	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26508	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669	vdb entry
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=23961
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25829	third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245458	patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.qpsmtpd/2006/03/msg4810.html	exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3377?: CVE-2007-3377 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3377?: To fix CVE-2007-3377, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3377 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-3377 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.