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CVE-2014-3614

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor (aka pdns_recursor) 3.6.x before 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unknown sequence of malformed packets.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-3614 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from powerdns organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-09-19T14:55:08.273

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	powerdns	powerdns_recursor	3.6.0	Yes

References

http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/09/10/security-update-powerdns-recursor-3-6-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://doc.powerdns.com/html/changelog.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/589 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61027 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95947 ([email protected])
http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/09/10/security-update-powerdns-recursor-3-6-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://doc.powerdns.com/html/changelog.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/589 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61027 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95947 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For powerdns's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.