CVE-2008-1447

Medium

Description

The DNS protocol, as implemented in (1) BIND 8 and 9 before 9.5.0-P1, 9.4.2-P1, and 9.3.5-P1; (2) Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and other implementations allow remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic via a birthday attack that uses in-bailiwick referrals to conduct cache poisoning against recursive resolvers, related to insufficient randomness of DNS transaction IDs and source ports, aka "DNS Insufficient Socket Entropy Vulnerability" or "the Kaminsky bug."

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability100. percentile95.2%
ProductIsc Bind
PublishedJul 8, 2008
First seenJul 8, 2008

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
isc bind4, 8, 9.2.9—

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