| Name | CVE-2008-5277 |
| Description | PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pdns (PTS) | bullseye | 4.4.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.7.3-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.9.7-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 5.0.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pdns | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| pdns | source | (unstable) | 2.9.21.2-1 | low | | |
Notes
[etch] - pdns <not-affected> (old version of HINFO parser)