PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:32627

Info

PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32627
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2008-5277
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 18 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 19 2008 11:01PM
Credit: Daniel Drown
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.21 .1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.21
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.20
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.19
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.18
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.17
+ Gentoo Linux
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.16
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.15
+ Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.21 .2

Discussion

PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

PowerDNS is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue may deny service to legitimate users.

Versions prior to PowerDNS2.9.21.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers will likely use standard tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released PowerDNS 2.9.21.2 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

PowerDNS 'CH HINFO' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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