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medium 6.8

CVE-2008-1447 json

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…

published 2008-07-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1451

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
95.2%
EPSS 95.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • adns Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4-2
  • udns Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2-1
  • bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.5.0.dfsg-5
  • dnsmasq Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.43-1
  • dnspython Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.1-1
  • refpolicy Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:0.0.20080702-1
  • libnet-dns-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.63-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1447

  • dnsmasq RHEL 5 2.45-1.el5_2.1
  • bind RHEL 2.1 9.2.1-10.el2
  • bind RHEL 3 20:9.2.4-22.el3
  • bind RHEL 4 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4
  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2
  • bind-libs RHEL 3 20:9.2.4-22.el3
  • bind-libs RHEL 4 20:9.2.4-28.0.1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0789RHSA-2008:0533

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1447 updated

bind: implement source UDP port randomization (CERT VU#800113)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 bind 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-libs 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-utils 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-chroot 9.2.4-22.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) dnsmasq 2.45-1.el5_2.1, bind 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-sdb 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-libs 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-utils 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-chroot 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 bind 9.2.1-10.el2, bind-utils 9.2.1-10.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 bind 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-libs 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-utils 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-chroot 9.2.4-22.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 bind 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, selinux-policy-targeted 1.17.30-2.150.el4, selinux-policy-targeted-sources 1.17.30-2.150.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) dnsmasq 2.45-1.el5_2.1, bind 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-sdb 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-libs 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-utils 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-chroot 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, +5 more
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 bind 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, selinux-policy-targeted 1.17.30-2.150.el4, selinux-policy-targeted-sources 1.17.30-2.150.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-sdb 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-libs 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-utils 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, bind-chroot 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2, caching-nameserver 9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 bind 9.2.1-10.el2, bind-utils 9.2.1-10.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 bind 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-libs 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-utils 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-chroot 9.2.4-22.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 bind 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, selinux-policy-targeted 1.17.30-2.150.el4, selinux-policy-targeted-sources 1.17.30-2.150.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 bind 9.2.1-10.el2, bind-utils 9.2.1-10.el2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 bind 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-libs 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-utils 9.2.4-22.el3, bind-chroot 9.2.4-22.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 bind 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-28.0.1.el4, selinux-policy-targeted 1.17.30-2.150.el4, selinux-policy-targeted-sources 1.17.30-2.150.el4 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 bind 9.2.1-10.el2, bind-utils 9.2.1-10.el2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0533

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/spoof/dns/bailiwicked_domain)

Exploit prediction

95.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.