Description
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.
Published: 2014-12-10
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-104-1 pdns-recursor security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3096-1 pdns-recursor security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8438 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Powerdns Recursor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.389Z

Reserved: 2014-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8601

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-10T15:59:17.410

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8601

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