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CVE-2008-5277

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.

Affected products

• PowerDNS: through 2.9.21.1; 1.99.1, 1.99.2, 1.99.3, 1.99.4, 1.99.5, 1.99.6 (+35)

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
• 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

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