CVE-2008-1637

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1637
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-02 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.5 uses insufficient randomness to calculate (1) TRXID values and (2) UDP source port numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to poison a DNS cache, related to (a) algorithmic deficiencies in rand and random functions in external libraries, (b) use of a 32-bit seed value, and (c) choice of the time of day as the sole seeding information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for pdns-recursor - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM Security Trusteer Fraud Protection Software | IBM af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trusteer.com Exploit
PowerDNS Recursor DNS Cache Poisoning | Trusteer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trusteer.com Exploit
PowerDNS Remote Cache Poisoning Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for pdns-recursor - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: pdns-recursor-3.1.5-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PowerDNS Recursor: DNS Cache Poisoning — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2008-01: System random generator can be predicted, leading to the potential to 'spoof' PowerDNS Recursor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com Exploit, Patch
Fedora update for pdns-recursor - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
PowerDNS Recursor DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
3. Release notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: pdns-recursor-3.1.5-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1544-1 pdns-recursor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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