CVE-2014-8601

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8601
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-10 15:59:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiples vulnérabilités dans plusieurs produits DNS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert.ssi.gouv.fr Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#264212 - Recursive DNS resolver implementations may follow referrals infinitely af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
PowerDNS Recursor CVE-2014-8601 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Advisory 2014-02 - PowerDNS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3096-1 pdns-recursor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS Resolver Resource Consumption Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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