Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-8601
CVE-2014-8601
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
6- cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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