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CVE-2008-5277

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-16 Configuration Errors
Publication date:
09/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.9.21.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:1.99.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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