Medium severity · published Jul 8, 2008
CVE-2008-1447
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;…
6.8
CVSS
95.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)95.2% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
4; 8; 9.2.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1447
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1447
Technical Description
http://blog.invisibledenizen.org/2008/07/kaminskys-dns-issue-accidentally-leaked.html
Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494401
Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01523520
Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01662368
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
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