CVE-2008-3337

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3337
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-08 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make it easier for remote attackers to poison DNS caches of other products running on other servers, a different issue than CVE-2008-1447 and CVE-2008-3217.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Authoritative Server All All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Pdns-users] Security update: PowerDNS Authoritative Server 2.9.21.1 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mailman.powerdns.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: pdns-2.9.21.1-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: pdns-2.9.21.1-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for pdns - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PowerDNS Malformed Query Handling Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1628-1 pdns af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo update for pdns - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for pdns - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2008-02: By not responding to certain queries, domains become easier to spoof af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
PowerDNS Malformed Queries Handling Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
3. Release notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com
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