ruby: use of predictable source port and transaction id in DNS requests done by resolv.rb module

resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than...

resolv: Denial of Service in resolv gem

A denial of service flaw was found in resolv ruby gem. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious DNS packet containing a highly compressed domain name. When the resolv library parses this packet, the name decompression process consumes a large amount of CPU resources, as the library does...