CVE-2014-8601
First published: Wed Dec 10 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| PowerDNS Recursor | <=3.6.1 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- vendor/powerdns
- canonical/powerdns recursor
- version/powerdns recursor/3.6.1