CVE-2008-3337 Other in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can poison DNS caches by sending malformed queries to PowerDNS Authoritative Server, impacting data integrity for other systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2008-3337?

CVE-2008-3337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3337?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Powerdns Authoritative Server, Powerdns Powerdns.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3337?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3337, DSA-1628-1, GHSA-rj9p-mrcp-3f7h.

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