CVE-2008-1637

NameCVE-2008-1637
DescriptionPowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.5 uses insufficient randomness to calculate (1) TRXID values and (2) UDP source port numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to poison a DNS cache, related to (a) algorithmic deficiencies in rand and random functions in external libraries, (b) use of a 32-bit seed value, and (c) choice of the time of day as the sole seeding information.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1544-1, DSA-1544-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pdns-recursor (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.6.2-2+deb8u4fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.1.11-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye4.4.2-3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm4.8.8-1fixed
sid, trixie5.1.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pdns-recursorsourceetch3.1.4-1+etch2DSA-1544-2
pdns-recursorsource(unstable)3.1.7-1

Notes

Fix in 3.1.5 was incomplete, see CVE-2008-3217

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