CVE-2014-8601 | BDVDB-2026-66674 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-12-10Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.