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 ezdns.it.

• CWE-399

• 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

Published

Dec 10, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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