CVE-2014-8601

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Published Dec 10, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 68.9% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-104-1	pdns-recursor security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3096-1	pdns-recursor security update
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8438	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 68.9% (68.875% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Powerdns Recursor

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 10, 2014, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:26 PM
Reserved: Nov 4, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 10, 2014, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

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