National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3630
Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an application uses the Bonjour API for unicast DNS, does not choose random values for transaction IDs or source ports in DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-09-09
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020844
External Source: BID
Name: 31093
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2524
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2990
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31822