CVE-2008-5277
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5277 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-12-09 00:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Problem Types: CWE-16 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 1.99.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.3a | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | 2.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Powerdns | Powerdns | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| PowerDNS CH HINFO Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:027 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| PowerDNS Security Advisory 2008-02: Some PowerDNS Configurations can be forced to restart remotely | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | doc.powerdns.com | |
| PowerDNS Bug in Processing HINFO CH Queries Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for pdns - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| PowerDNS: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.