Vulnerability in Cisco iOS
CVE-2008-1447
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."
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.952 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.952 · newest: 0.952 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco iOS — versions 12.0
- Isc Bind — versions 4, 8, 9.2.9
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Xp
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 2.1, 5, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00402.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31137 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31430 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-7DWR4J (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31169 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-1447?
- CVE-2008-1447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2008-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2008-1447?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2008-1447 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.