pdns: not responding invalid queries my simplify spoofing attacks
Published Aug 8, 2008
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.12%
Description
PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make it easier for remote attackers to poison DNS caches of other products running on other servers, a different issue than CVE-2008-1447 and CVE-2008-3217.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.9.21
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.12% (0.06115) | 93.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.12% (0.06115) | 92.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.02% (0.00020) | 3.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 80.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 79.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 76.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-users/2008-August/005646.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31401 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31407 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31448 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30587 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2320 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3337 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458122 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44253 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3337
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3337
- https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1628 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00109.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00140.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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