Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-8601
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.009
EPSS Ranking 74.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
- http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
- http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310
Products affected by CVE-2014-8601
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0