CVE-2008-3905 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3905?

CVE-2008-3905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby, published on 4 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3905?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ruby-Lang Ruby.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3905?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3905 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3905 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vwcj-mf69-7rfw.