CVE-2008-3905

Medium

Description

resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRuby
PublishedSep 4, 2008
First seenSep 4, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ruby-lang rubyv ≤ 1.8.5, v ≤ 1.8.6, v ≤ 1.8.7, v ≤ 1.9, 1.6, 1.6.8, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.6, 1.8.7—

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