CVE-2008-3217 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-3217

PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.6 does not always use the strongest...

Vulnerability Description

PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.6 does not always use the strongest random number generator for source port selection, which makes it easier for remote attack vectors to conduct DNS cache poisoning. NOTE: this is related to incomplete integration of security improvements associated with addressing CVE-2008-1637.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

recursor
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4

Timeline

Official Publish: July 18th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.