CVE-2008-1447, known as the "Kaminsky bug," is a critical DNS cache poisoning vulnerability affecting various DNS implementations, including BIND and Microsoft DNS. It exploits insufficient randomness in DNS transaction IDs and source ports, allowing remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic via a birthday attack using in-bailiwick referrals. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium) due to its network attack vector and high impact on integrity, despite requiring high attack complexity. Although not listed in KEV, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its discovery.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.