Bug 456054 (CVE-2008-3217) - CVE-2008-3217 pdns-recursor: not using the strongest random number generator for source port selection
Summary: CVE-2008-3217 pdns-recursor: not using the strongest random number generator ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-3217
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-07-21 08:58 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-03-29 08:17:09 UTC
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-07-21 08:58:54 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3217 to the following vulnerability:

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.

Upstream fix:
http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179

References:
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-1-6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/10
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2008-07-30 20:11:51 UTC 
pdns-recursor-3.1.7-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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