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01 Record

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
powerdnspowerdnsNot specified—

06 References

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.