CVE-2008-1454

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via unknown vectors related to accepting "records from a response that is outside the remote server's authority," aka "DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

9.4

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 51.89% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020437	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30925	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30132	vdb entry patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5380	vdb entry signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html	third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-037	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2019/references	vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1454?: CVE-2008-1454 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1454?: To fix CVE-2008-1454, 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-2008-1454 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-1454 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~52% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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