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…

published December 10, 2014

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.3th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
69%
Percentile
99.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.68875 · 99.3th percentile
Published
2014-12-10T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 DEC 15:00Z
    PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("performance degradations") via…
    cvelistv5