PAT is vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning

From Perimeter Router Security Technical Implementation Guide Cisco

Rules

SV-30842r1_ruleThe IAO will ensure that the router or firewall software has been upgraded to mitigate the risk of DNS cache poisoning attack caused by a flawed PAT implementation using a predictable source port allocation method for DNS query traffic.

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