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CVE-2014-8601
PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 68.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("performance degradations") via a large or infinite number of referrals, as demonstrated by resolving domains hosted by ezdns.it.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1031310 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 71545 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#264212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
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