CVE-2008-1447

Public Exploit

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."

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 91.60% Top 5%
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020438 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00402.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html third party advisory vendor advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31430 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7DWR4J third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/31169 third party advisory
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020702 third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2052/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020561 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879471518471&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020578 third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:06.bind.asc third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9627 signature vdb entry tool signature
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123324863916385&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30131 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#013_bind third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31236 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020651 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020437 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31209 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31012 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31151 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2050/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX117991 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31237 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd/ChangeLog third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43334 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31495 third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6130 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809c2168.shtml third party advisory vendor advisory
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http://www.nominum.com/asset_upload_file741_2661.pdf third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020653 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30998 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1603 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2525 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00003.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31094 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26668 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2025/references third party advisory vdb entry
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third party advisory us government resource
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2029/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121630706004256&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6123 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26671 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00458.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0297 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31207 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31031 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31451 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2051/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30977 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0789.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2377 third party advisory vdb entry
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01662368 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020558 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31221 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0533.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#004_bind third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020804 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31143 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495289/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2195/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2196/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/33714 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121866517322103&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33786 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020448 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2384 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_7202_released.html third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2123/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3026 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31014 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30979 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020575 third party advisory vdb entry
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2482 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26672 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3129 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1619 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2166/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31072 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2139/references third party advisory vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5761 signature vdb entry tool signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2092/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31482 third party advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26670 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:139 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5917 signature vdb entry tool signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/30989 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2055/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=762152 third party advisory
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31065 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31254 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.doxpara.com/?p=1176 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-009.txt.asc third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-627-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0622 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020576 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01523520 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31153 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0231 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2549 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ26667 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.rtpro.yamaha.co.jp/RT/FAQ/Security/VU800113.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31213 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31030 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-622-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31033 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/iguide-kaminsky-dns-vuln.html third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020440 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.doxpara.com/DMK_BO2K8.ppt third party advisory
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1604 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31823 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2558 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6122 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5725 signature vdb entry tool signature
http://www.caughq.org/exploits/CAU-EX-2008-0003.txt third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43637 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2383 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020560 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31900 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7ECL8Q third party advisory us government resource
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118183 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30925 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0311 third party advisory vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0018 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1623 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2582 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.caughq.org/exploits/CAU-EX-2008-0002.txt third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1605 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7000912 third party advisory
http://www.bluecoat.com/support/security-advisories/dns_cache_poisoning third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2342 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2114/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30973 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31354 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12117 signature vdb entry tool signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30988 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31011 third party advisory
http://blog.invisibledenizen.org/2008/07/kaminskys-dns-issue-accidentally-leaked.html technical description
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2334 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020577 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31422 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31197 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020548 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2467 third party advisory vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240048-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-08.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31022 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.539239 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020449 third party advisory vdb entry
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31052 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30980 third party advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31199 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2030/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2291 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2023/references third party advisory vdb entry
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31212 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2113/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31152 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2019/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2197/references third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1447?
CVE-2008-1447 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1447?
To fix CVE-2008-1447, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1447 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1447 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~92% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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