CVE-2014-8601

high

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.

References

Advisories

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096

http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/

http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-10

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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: 0.00451