Input validation error in PowerDNS Authoritative - CVE-2008-5277
Published: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111736
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5277
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
PowerDNS Authoritative
Gentoo Linux
net-dns/pdns
Gentoo Linux
net-dns/pdns
How to mitigate CVE-2008-5277
Install updates from vendor's website.
PowerDNS Authoritative - update to 2.9.21.2
net-dns/pdns - update to 2.9.21.2
net-dns/pdns - update to 2.9.21.2
External 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