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DNS flaw exploit published

That certainly didn't take long

ATTACK CODE to exploit the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability partially revealed by its discoverer Dan Kaminsky and more recently detailed by others has just been published.

Metasploit, a free network probing and penetration testing toolset, added exploit code for the DNS flaw. A rogue DNS service has also been created to assist hackers with the exploit, according to Metasploit author HD Moore, who worked with a security researcher having the handle |)ruid to write the DNS flaw attack software.

The availability of such a readily useable attack tool should greatly increase the urgency for networking administrators to apply the patches needed to guard against such attacks. µ

See Also
Worldwide DNS downed
DNS security hole details leak out
DNS Bug alive and kicking down under
DNS hole patched - for now

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Thus sayeth Bender...

Well, we're boned!!
posted by : Sam, 25 July 2008
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