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TI-2008-03198 Aliases CVE-2008-3337GHSA-rj9p-mrcp-3f7h

PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make…

Priority LOW 37CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06115 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.9.21VulnerablePowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerablePowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.9.21 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·PowerDNS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3337
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rj9p-mrcp-3f7h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 3

  • TI-2021-14878 PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-02881 Improper input validation in PowerDNS pdns CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-10348 In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-05296 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS servers… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2012-00199 common_startup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 2.9.22.5 and 3.x… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2019-07524 Incorrect numeric conversion in Red Hat pdns CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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