CVE-2008-1447

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."

• CVE ID
• CVE-2008-1447

• Assigner
• secure@microsoft.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2008-07-08T23:41:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-03-24T18:19:46

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 5

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 10

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• CHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 6.8

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 2.2

• Impact Score
• 4