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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 se

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.00759
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Affected Products & Versions

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debian linuxall versions
powerdns recursor<= 3.6.1
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD10 Dec 2014 · 03:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10537-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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