Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-3614 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PowerDNS Recursor Server applications / DNS servers |
Vendor | PowerDNS.COM B.V. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU41312
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3614
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Unspecified vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor (aka pdns_recursor) 3.6.x before 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unknown sequence of malformed packets.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPowerDNS Recursor: 3.6.0
External linkshttp://blog.powerdns.com/2014/09/10/security-update-powerdns-recursor-3-6-1
http://doc.powerdns.com/html/changelog.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/589
http://secunia.com/advisories/61027
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95947
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.