CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4099
6.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
Description
PyDNS (aka python-dns) before 2.3.1-4 in Debian GNU/Linux does not use random source ports or transaction IDs for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.
Affected configurations
• debian python-dns (<= 2.3.1-3)
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-1
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-2
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-3
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-4
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-5
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-5.1
• debian python-dns 2.3.0-6
• debian python-dns 2.3.1-1
• debian python-dns 2.3.1-2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490217 Exploit
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/p/python-dns/python-dns_2.3.3-1/changelog packages.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/4 www.openwall.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490217 Exploit
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/p/python-dns/python-dns_2.3.3-1/changelog packages.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/4 www.openwall.com