CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8601

Published: Dec 10, 2014 | Modified: Sep 06, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Pdns-recursor Ubuntu lucid *
Pdns-recursor Ubuntu precise *
Pdns-recursor Ubuntu trusty *
Pdns-recursor Ubuntu upstream *
Pdns-recursor Ubuntu utopic *

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