CVE-2008-3217

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.6 does not always use the strongest random number generator for source port selection, which makes it easier for remote attack vectors to conduct DNS cache poisoning. NOTE: this is related to incomplete integration of security improvements associated with addressing CVE-2008-1637.

PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.6 does not always use the strongest random number generator for source port selection, which makes it easier for remote attack vectors to conduct DNS cache poisoning. NOTE: this is related to incomplete integration of security improvements associated with addressing CVE-2008-1637.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PowerDNS Recursor

First reported 16 years ago

2008-07-18 16:41:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:31:00

Affected Software

PowerDNS Recursor 3.0

3.0

PowerDNS Recursor 3.0.1

3.0.1

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.1

3.1.1

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.2

3.1.2

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3

3.1.3

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.4

3.1.4

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