CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. Its EPSS score suggests a 68.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2014-8601
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
68.88%
Original 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.