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CVE-2022-33988 (GCVE-0-2022-33988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-15 12:09 – Updated: 2024-08-03 08:16
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Summary
dproxy-nexgen (aka dproxy nexgen) re-uses the DNS transaction id (TXID) value from client queries, which allows attackers (able to send queries to the resolver) to conduct DNS cache-poisoning attacks because the TXID value is known to the attacker.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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