Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3217

Title: Powerdns Recursor

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3217.

CWE Category CWE-189

Published Date Jul 18, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3217: 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.

Impacted Vendors

powerdns 1

Reference Links

http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-1-6 http://secunia.com/advisories/31311 http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/12 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30782 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43925 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01353.html http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-1-6 http://secunia.com/advisories/31311 http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/changeset/1179 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/12 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30782 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43925 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01353.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3217 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 18, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.