01 Record
CVE-2008-3905
resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-04 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e1b216f7477e6fcc10b787b64a7ce3430459da8b15b0eae4820659e6b4281d2c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080904 Re: CVE Request (ruby -- DNS spoofing vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/9
- secunia.com31430http://secunia.com/advisories/31430
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-651-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/
- www.securityfocus.com31699http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31699
- www.debian.orgDSA-1652http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8736https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm
- www.debian.orgDSA-1651http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0897http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html
- www.ruby-lang.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/08/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ruby/
- secunia.com32219http://secunia.com/advisories/32219
- secunia.com32948http://secunia.com/advisories/32948
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10034https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10034
- secunia.com32255http://secunia.com/advisories/32255
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comruby-resolv-dns-spoofing(45935)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45935
- secunia.com32371http://secunia.com/advisories/32371
- secunia.com32165http://secunia.com/advisories/32165
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml
- secunia.com33178http://secunia.com/advisories/33178
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2334http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2334
- slackware.comSSA:2008-334-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.371754
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8738https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html
- secunia.com32256http://secunia.com/advisories/32256
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080903 CVE Request (ruby -- DNS spoofing vulnerability in resolv.rb)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/3