SB2008120907 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Authoritative
Published: December 9, 2008 Updated: June 21, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2008120907
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5277)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted CH HINFO query to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33264
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076