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CVE-2014-8601 (GCVE-0-2014-8601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Date Public
2014-12-08 00:00
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