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CVE-2008-5277
PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 33264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- powerdns-chhinfo-dos(47076) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32979 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2008-5254 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5277)Record last updated .