CVE-2008-5277

high

Description

PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021304

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33264

http://secunia.com/advisories/32979

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html

http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-09

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0003