CVE-2008-3217

NameCVE-2008-3217
DescriptionPowerDNS 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1544-2
Debian Bugs493576

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)3.1.7-1low493576
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