# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1447, DSA-1603-1, DSA-1617-1, DSA-1623-1, DTSA-147-1, GHSA-r5r9-27m2-2jg7, RHSA-2008:0533, RHSA-2008:0789

## 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 (Insufficient Entropy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1447?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `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: 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:

- Fix for undefined method each in Metasploit’s bailiwicked_domain.rb (CVE-2008-1447 DNS cache poisoning module) (github_poc): https://github.com/hamlasiraj/metasploit-bailiwicked_domain-fix
- DNS BailiWicked Domain Attack (metasploit)
- DNS BailiWicked Host Attack (metasploit)
- BIND 9.4.1 < 9.4.2 - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (Metasploit) (exploitdb)
- BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (exploitdb)
- BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind

- [CVE-2008-0122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0122/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0010/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0013/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1029/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1447 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1447 exists.

Affected product: Isc Bind. 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-2008-1447/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1447/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1447
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1447
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1447

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1447/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.