PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make it easier for remote attackers to poison DNS caches of other products running on other servers, a different issue than CVE-2008-1447 and CVE-2008-3217.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3337 is rated Low Risk (26/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 0.65% | 0.02% | -0.63% |
| 2 | 2025-01-10 | 0.51% | 0.65% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2024-12-17 | — | 0.51% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2008-3337 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pdns), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3337 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2008-3337: 1 GLSA(s) (200812-19), 1 atom(s) (net-dns/pdns); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-3337 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3337 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-3337 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pdns), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3337 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| powerdns | authoritative_server | <= 2.9.21 | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| powerdns | powerdns | — | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |