CVE-2014-8601

Publication date 10 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pdns-recursor	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8601