[Bug 243591] New: c-ares < 1.4.0 DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=243591

           Summary: c-ares < 1.4.0 DNS cache poisoning vulnerability
           Product: Fedora Extras
           Version: f7
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: c-ares
        AssignedTo: tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: ville.skytta@xxxxxx
         QAContact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                CC: fedora-security-list@xxxxxxxxxx


http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/70ae62b0-16b0-11dc-b803-0016179b2dd5.html

"The vulnerability is caused due to predictable DNS "Transaction ID" field in
DNS queries and can be exploited to poison the DNS cache of an application using
the library if a valid ID is guessed."

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