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CVE-2008-3217
PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.6 does not always use the strongest random number generator for source port selection, which makes it easier…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- [oss-security] 20080716 Re: CVE request: PowerDNS recursor source port randomization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080709 CVE request: PowerDNS recursor source port randomization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080710 Re: DNS vulnerability: other relevant software (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-1-6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- powerdns-recursor-rng-weak-security(43925) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6893 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 30782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3207 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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