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CVE-2008-3217

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3217 describes a vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor versions prior to 3.1.6, where the software's failure to consistently use a strong random number generator for source port selection facilitates DNS cache poisoning attacks. This issue is rated with a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can exploit it remotely with medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3217Low

pdns-recursor: not using the strongest random number generator for source port selection

Apr 25, 2008

References

doc.powerdns.com / changelog.html
secunia.com / advisories/31311
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43925
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01353.html
wiki.powerdns.com / cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/12
securityfocus.com / bid/30782