CVE-2008-1146 Information

Description

A certain pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) algorithm that uses XOR and 3-bit random hops (aka \Algorithm X3) as used in OpenBSD 2.8 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to guess sensitive values such as DNS transaction IDs by observing a sequence of previously generated values. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for attacks such as DNS cache poisoning against OpenBSD’s modification of BIND.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/28819 http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/5PP0H0UNGW.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487658 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27647 http://www.trusteer.com/docs/OpenBSD_DNS_Cache_Poisoning_and_Multiple_OS_Predictable_IP_ID_Vulnerability.pdf https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40329