CVE-2021-27393

A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions), Nucleus ReadyStart V3 (All versions < V2013.08), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules). The DNS client does not properly randomize UDP port numbers of DNS requests. That could allow an attacker to poison the DNS cache or spoof DNS resolving.

Weakness

The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a well-vetted algorithm that is currently considered to be strong by experts in the field, and select well-tested implementations with adequate length seeds.
• In general, if a pseudo-random number generator is not advertised as being cryptographically secure, then it is probably a statistical PRNG and should not be used in security-sensitive contexts.
• Pseudo-random number generators can produce predictable numbers if the generator is known and the seed can be guessed. A 256-bit seed is a good starting point for producing a “random enough” number.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/112.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/485.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-201384.pdf