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CVE-2008-3337

Published: Aug 8, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
6.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
6.1%
Top 6.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

powerdns
oss-project·DKaka powerdns authoritative, dnsdist, powerdns recursor
authoritative serverOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
powerdnsOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
PowerDNS.COM BV
commercial·NLaka powerdns
PowerDNSOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00109.html
redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31401
secunia.com
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