CVE-2014-8601

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductPowerdns Recursor
PublishedDec 10, 2014
First seenDec 10, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
powerdns recursorv ≤ 3.6.1—
debian debian_linux7.0—

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