CVE-2014-8601

no score yetEPSS 69%

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.

EPSS: 69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-399
Published: 2014-12-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
powerdns:recursor

References

http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545

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