MEDIUM
pdns: DoS (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.
Published Dec 9, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.38%
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
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.9.21.1
- 1.99.1
- 1.99.2
- 1.99.3
- 1.99.4
- 1.99.5
- 1.99.6
- 1.99.7
- 1.99.8
- 1.99.9
- 1.99.10
- 1.99.11
- 1.99.12
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.8
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.2
- 2.9.3a
- 2.9.4
- 2.9.5
- 2.9.6
- 2.9.7
- 2.9.8
- 2.9.10
- 2.9.11
- 2.9.12
- 2.9.13
- 2.9.14
- 2.9.15
- 2.9.16
- 2.9.17
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.38% 0.03376
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03376
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.38% (0.03376) | 88.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.38% (0.03376) | 87.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00030) | 5.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 78.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 77.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00521) | 76.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00521) | 73.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32979 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://securitytracker.com/id?1021304 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5277 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475440 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5277
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5277
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32979 | 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://securitytracker.com/id?1021304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5277 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475440 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5277 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5277 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 9, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5277
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a