CVE-2014-4883 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-4883

resolv.c in the DNS resolver in uIP, and dns.c in...

Vulnerability Description

resolv.c in the DNS resolver in uIP, and dns.c in the DNS resolver in lwIP 1.4.1 and earlier, does not use random values for ID fields and source ports of DNS query packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via spoofed reply packets.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

lwip project

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Affected Software

lwip
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 28th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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