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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2014-12-10 07:59

Updated : 2016-09-06 07:30

NVD link : CVE-2014-8601

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8601

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

powerdns

recursor

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