Input validation error in PowerDNS Authoritative - CVE-2008-3337

 

Input validation error in PowerDNS Authoritative - CVE-2008-3337

Published: June 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111734
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3337
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PowerDNS.COM B.V.
Affected software:
PowerDNS Authoritative

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DNS cache poisoning.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make it easier for remote attackers to poison DNS caches of other products running on other servers


How to mitigate CVE-2008-3337

Install updates from vendor's website.

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