CVE-2007-3152

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

c-ares before 1.4.0 uses a predictable seed for the random number generator for the DNS Transaction ID field, which might allow remote attackers to spoof DNS responses by guessing the field value.

Affected products

Daniel Stenberg C-Ares: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.3.1 (+1)

References

http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
http://osvdb.org/37171
http://secunia.com/advisories/25579
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24386
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34979
http://cool.haxx.se/cvs.cgi/curl/ares/CHANGES?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
http://osvdb.org/37171
http://secunia.com/advisories/25579
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24386
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34979

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