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FKIE_CVE-2014-8601

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-10 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:17

Severity

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	debian	debian_linux	7.0
	powerdns	recursor	*

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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

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 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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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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