CVE-2008-1447 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can spoof DNS traffic and poison cache via birthday attack due to insufficient randomness in transaction IDs and ports.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1447?
CVE-2008-1447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 8 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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."
Weakness: CWE-331
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1447?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:9.2.1-10.el2 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-22.el3 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4 |
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1447?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-1447 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1447 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules, 3 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1447, DSA-1603-1, DSA-1617-1, DSA-1623-1, DTSA-147-1, GHSA-r5r9-27m2-2jg7 and 2 more.