VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-25926
The impact is: DNS cache poisoning (remote).
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The DNS client in InterNiche NicheStack TCP/IP 4.0.1 is affected by: Insufficient entropy in the DNS transaction id. The impact is: DNS cache poisoning (remote). The component is: dns_query_type(). The attack vector is: a specific DNS response packet.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.26% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-331
- Affected
- hcc-embedded/nichestack tcp\/ip
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.