NetSight
medium6.8

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 for remote attack vec…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PowerdnsRecursor
through 3.1.5
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3

Weakness classification

References