{"id":"CVE-2014-8601","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-8601","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:38:55.261Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-12-10T15:59:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","powerdns/recursor"],"epss":{"score":0.68875,"percentile":0.99351,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8601","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}