Apache Traffic Server before 2.0.1, and 2.1.x before 2.1.2-unstable, does not properly choose DNS source ports and transaction IDs, and…

Description

Apache Traffic Server before 2.0.1, and 2.1.x before 2.1.2-unstable, does not properly choose DNS source ports and transaction IDs, and does not properly use DNS query fields to validate responses, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to poison the internal DNS cache via a crafted response.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 43111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-425 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 41356 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20100830.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• apache-traffic-cache-poisoing(61721) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1024417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://trafficserver.apache.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20100908 Medium security flaw in Apache Traffic Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:55 UTC.