CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-40780

Predictable from Observable State

Published: Oct 22, 2025 | Modified: Oct 22, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.6 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

A number or object is predictable based on observations that the attacker can make about the state of the system or network, such as time, process ID, etc.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bind9 Ubuntu devel *
Bind9 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Bind9 Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Bind9 Ubuntu jammy *
Bind9 Ubuntu noble *
Bind9 Ubuntu plucky *
Bind9 Ubuntu questing *
Bind9 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References