Input validation error in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2014-3614
Published: September 19, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41312
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3614
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The 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.
Affected software
PowerDNS Recursor
Fedora
pdns-recursor
Fedora
pdns-recursor
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3614
Install update from vendor's website.
pdns-recursor - addressed in versions 3.6.1-1.el5, 3.6.1-1.el6, 3.6.1-1.el7, 3.6.1-1.fc21