VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 68.9%

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

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 68.88% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-399
Affected: debian/debian linux · powerdns/recursor
Source: cve@mitre.org

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. Refreshed daily.