CVE-2008-4126

Publication date 18 September 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

PyDNS (aka python-dns) before 2.3.1-5 in Debian GNU/Linux does not use random source ports for DNS requests and does not use random transaction IDs for DNS retries, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4099.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-dns 8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.3.1-2ubuntu0.2
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.3.1-1ubuntu0.2
7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.3.0-5.1ubuntu2.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.3.0-5ubuntu1.2


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