CVE-2014-8601 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00887.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Powerdns	Recursor

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-12-10T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.389Z

Reserved: 2014-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8601

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-10T15:59:17.410

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-8601

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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