Is CVE-2014-8601 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8601 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8601?

CVE-2014-8601 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8601?

CVE-2014-8601 has an EPSS score of 73.53% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8601?

Upgrade pdns-recursor on debian 11 to 3.6.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8601

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.2 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("performance degradations") via a large or infinite number of referrals, as demonstrated by resolving domains hosted by ezdns.it.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

pdns-recursorDebian

Fixed in:3.6.2-1CVE-2014-8601

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

73.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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