# CVE-2008-1184: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can bypass DNSSEC validation by exploiting improper trust anchor checks in the libval library, potentially enabling DNS spoofing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pch7-89jr-j964

## What is CVE-2008-1184?

CVE-2008-1184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DNSSEC validation library (libval) library in dnssec-tools before 1.3.1 does not properly check that the signing key is the APEX trust anchor, which might allow attackers to conduct unspecified attacks.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1184?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dnssec-Tools Dnssec-Tools.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-1184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1184

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