CVE-2008-3337

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.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.02%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00109.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31401 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30587 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third party advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31448 third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1628 vendor advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-02.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33264 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00140.html vendor advisory
http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-users/2008-August/005646.html mailing list patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44253 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31407 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2320 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3337?
CVE-2008-3337 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3337?
To fix CVE-2008-3337, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-3337 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-3337 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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