CVE-2008-5277
PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.
02 Description
PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-09 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e15ffbd9ccfcf8e7f7059bdc0b7b2e854458c67dbf91dbcdd41d9f74307b6ad7
05 Affected products
06 References
- doc.powerdns.comhttp://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html
- securitytracker.com1021304http://securitytracker.com/id?1021304
- secunia.com33264http://secunia.com/advisories/33264
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compowerdns-chhinfo-dos(47076)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:027http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- www.securityfocus.com32627http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627
- secunia.com32979http://secunia.com/advisories/32979
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-19http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.21.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.21.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.21.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.