CVE-2008-1447

MEDIUMEPSS 100th pctl

6.8

CVSS v3

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."

CWE-331

How to fix

Remediation Available

adnsDebian

Fixed in:1.4-2CVE-2008-1447

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

95.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-331 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-18326	High	7.5	54%	-	-
CVE-2018-15812	High	7.5	47%	-	-
CVE-2023-38357	Medium	5.3	5.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-3405	High	7.5	5.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2008-2108	Critical	9.8	4.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-0897	High	7.5	4.0%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2008-1447?

Upgrade adns on debian 11 to 1.4-2 or later.

Is CVE-2008-1447 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2008-1447 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 95.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2008-1447?

CVE-2008-1447 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2008-1447 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for adns (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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