CVE-2020-17470

Published Dec 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code that initializes the DNS client interface structure does not set sufficiently random transaction IDs (they are always set to 1 in _fnet_dns_poll in fnet_dns.c). This significantly simplifies DNS cache poisoning attacks.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-9422 An issue was discovered in FNET through 4.6.4. The code that initializes the DNS client interface structure does not set sufficiently random transaction IDs (they are always set to 1 in _fnet_dns_poll in fnet_dns.c). This significantly simplifies DNS cache poisoning attacks.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:53 PM
Reserved
Aug 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:58 AM