CVE-2008-1447

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."

How to fix CVE-2008-1447

To remediate CVE-2008-1447, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.4-2 or later
• —upgrade to 1:9.5.0.dfsg-5 or later
• —upgrade to 1:9.3.4-2etch3 or later
• —upgrade to 1:9.4.2-10+lenny1 or later
• —upgrade to 2.43-1 or later
• —upgrade to 2.35-1+etch4 or later
• —upgrade to 1.7.1-1 or later
• —upgrade to 0.63-2 or later
• —upgrade to 2.3.0-5.2+etch1 or later
• —upgrade to 2:0.0.20080702-1 or later
• —upgrade to 0.0.20061018-5.1+etch1 or later
• —upgrade to 0.2-1 or later

Is CVE-2008-1447 being exploited?

Likely — EPSS is 88.1%, placing CVE-2008-1447 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.

Affected packages (12)

• from 0, < 1.4-2
• from 0, < 1:9.5.0.dfsg-5
• from 0, < 1:9.3.4-2etch3
• from 0, < 1:9.4.2-10+lenny1
• from 0, < 2.43-1
• from 0, < 2.35-1+etch4
• from 0, < 1.7.1-1
• from 0, < 0.63-2
• from 0, < 2.3.0-5.2+etch1
• from 0, < 2:0.0.20080702-1
• from 0, < 0.0.20061018-5.1+etch1

CVSS scores

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1447