CVE-2008-3905 Information

Description

resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72 and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/31430 http://secunia.com/advisories/32165 http://secunia.com/advisories/32219 http://secunia.com/advisories/32255 http://secunia.com/advisories/32256 http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 http://secunia.com/advisories/32948 http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.371754 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/9 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/08/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ruby/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31699 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2334 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45935 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10034 https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html