CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40780

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.47%

38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs

Summary

In specific circumstances, due to a weakness in the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) that is used, it is possible for an attacker to predict the source port and query ID that BIND will use. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, and corresponding -S1 versions.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could predict DNS query parameters, potentially enabling cache poisoning attacks or DNS traffic interception, leading to redirection of users to malicious sites or compromise of DNS response integrity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade BIND to a version that includes a fix for the PRNG weakness. Also, monitor BIND logs for unusual activity.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In specific circumstances, due to a weakness in the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) that is used, it is possible for an attacker to predict the source port and query ID that BIND will use. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS