How severe is CVE-2008-1148?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2008-1148?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2008-1148 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 6.8

Vulnerability Description

A certain pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) algorithm that uses ADD with 0 random hops (aka "Algorithm A0"), as used in OpenBSD 3.5 through 4.2 and NetBSD 1.6.2 through 4.0, allows remote attackers to guess sensitive values such as (1) DNS transaction IDs or (2) IP fragmentation IDs by observing a sequence of previously generated values. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for attacks such as DNS cache poisoning, injection into TCP packets, and OS fingerprinting.

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