CVE-2014-8601
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 68.88% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · powerdns/recursor
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 68.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.