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TITLE:
Astaro Security Gateway DNS Cache Poisoning

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31742

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31742/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Astaro Security Linux 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/5625/

DESCRIPTION:
Astaro has acknowledged a vulnerability in Astaro Security Gateway,
which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not sufficiently
randomising the DNS query port number, which can be exploited to
poison the DNS cache.

SOLUTION:
Apply Up2Date package 6.314.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Dan Kaminsky, IOActive

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/09/up2date_6314_released.html

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