Description
The software establishes a communication channel to handle an incoming request that has been initiated by an actor, but it does not properly verify that the request is coming from the expected origin.
When an attacker can successfully establish a communication channel from an untrusted origin, the attacker may be able to gain privileges and access unexpected functionality.
Modes of Introduction:
– Architecture and Design
Likelihood of Exploit:
Related Weaknesses
CWE-923
Consequences
Access Control, Other: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity, Varies by Context
An attacker can access any functionality that is inadvertently accessible to the source.
Potential Mitigations
Phase: Architecture and Design
Effectiveness:
Description:
CVE References
- CVE-2000-1218
- DNS server can accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, leading to cache poisoning
- CVE-2005-0877
- DNS server can accept DNS updates from hosts that it did not query, leading to cache poisoning
- CVE-2001-1452
- DNS server caches glue records received from non-delegated name servers
