CVE-2008-3217 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3217
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43925 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA31311 MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/12 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/10 FEDORA CONFIRM http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179 http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-1-6 BID 30782

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