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CVE-2014-8601

medium · 5

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.

5
CVSS
68.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2014-12-10
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
debiandebian_linux7.0
powerdnsrecursor<= 3.6.1

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References

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curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2014-8601