Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-8601 (CCN-99329)

Assigned:2014-12-08
Published:2014-12-08
Updated:2016-09-06
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-399
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-8601

Source: CCN
Type: PowerDNS Security Advisory
PowerDNS Recursor 3.6.1 and earlier can be made to provide bad service

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:00:09 +0100
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2014-02

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-3096

Source: CCN
Type: US-CERT VU#264212
Recursive DNS resolver implementations may follow referrals infinitely

Source: CERT-VN
Type: Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
VU#264212

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
71545

Source: CCN
Type: BID-71545
PowerDNS Recursor CVE-2014-8601 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1031310

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
powerdns-cve20148601-dos(99329)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-8601

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.6.1)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20148601
    V
    		CVE-2014-8601
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113103
    P
    		pdns-recursor-4.0.3-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106538
    P
    		pdns-recursor-4.0.3-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28002
    P
    		DSA-3096-1 -- pdns-recursor security update
    2015-02-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20148601000
    V
    		CVE-2014-8601 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2014-12-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20148601000
    V
    		CVE-2014-8601 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2014-12-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201486010000000
    V
    		CVE-2014-8601 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2014-12-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20148601000
    V
    		CVE-2014-8601 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2014-12-10
    BACK
    debian debian linux 7.0
    powerdns recursor *
    powerdns recursor 3.6.0