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CVE-2008-1447

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2008-07-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Cisco IosCanonical Ubuntu LinuxRedhat Enterprise LinuxIsc BindMicrosoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Debian Debian LinuxMicrosoft Windows 2000

Weakness Type

CWE-331

References