Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5277

Title: Powerdns Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5277.

CWE Category CWE-16

Published Date Dec 09, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.38%

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.

http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32979 http://secunia.com/advisories/33264 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1021304 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076 http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2008-03.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32979 http://secunia.com/advisories/33264 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1021304 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32627 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47076

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Total: Patterns

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 09, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No specific products linked.