CVE-2008-4194
The p_exec_query function in src/dns_query.c in pdnsd before 1.2.7-par allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The p_exec_query function in src/dns_query.c in pdnsd before 1.2.7-par allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long DNS reply with many entries in the answer section, related to a "dangling pointer bug."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6130remote, multiplepublished 25 Jul 2008Verified
- BIND 9.x - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6123remote, multiplepublished 24 Jul 2008Verified
- BIND 9.4.1 < 9.4.2 - Remote DNS Cache Poisoning (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6122remote, multiplepublished 23 Jul 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pdnsd-pexecquery-dos(45594) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2582 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4177 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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