CVE-2022-33989
MEDIUMdproxy-nexgen - Insufficient Entropy in UDP Source Port Selection
Title source: llmDescription
dproxy-nexgen (aka dproxy nexgen) uses a static UDP source port (selected randomly only at boot time) in upstream queries sent to DNS resolvers. This allows DNS cache poisoning because there is not enough entropy to prevent traffic injection attacks.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dproxy/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/jeitner
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/14/3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0079
EPSS Percentile
51.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-331
Status
published
Products (1)
dproxy-nexgen_project/dproxy-nexgen
Published
Aug 15, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026