CVE-2008-1637

N/A Unknown
Published: April 02, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

PowerDNS 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29584
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-01.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29584
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29737
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29764
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29830
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-22.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490330/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28517
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/PowerDNS_recursor_DNS_Cache_Poisoning.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/powerdnsrecursor.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1046/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41534
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
8th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

powerdns