CVE - CVE-2014-8601

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8601	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:71545 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545 CERT-VN:VU#264212 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212 CONFIRM:http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/ DEBIAN:DSA-3096 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096 MISC:http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html SECTRACK:1031310 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141104)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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