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CVE-2008-3337

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3337 describes a vulnerability in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions prior to 2.9.21.1, where malformed queries are dropped. This flaw could be exploited by remote attackers to facilitate DNS cache poisoning on other servers. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially impacting integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0612 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3337

pdns: not responding invalid queries my simplify spoofing attacks

References

doc.powerdns.com / changelog.html
doc.powerdns.com / powerdns-advisory-2008-02.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
mailman.powerdns.com / pipermail/pdns-users/2008-August/005646.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31401
secunia.com / advisories/31407
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31448
secunia.com / advisories/31687
secunia.com / advisories/33264
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44253
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1628
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00109.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00140.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30587
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2320