CVE-2005-0038
The DNS implementation of PowerDNS 2.9.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could
02 Description
The DNS implementation of PowerDNS 2.9.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-28 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 057624a96201f02d46a6c6ea89cfa10540c5f1e1567e1d57121712c0ca8c0bca
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com13729http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729
- www.niscc.gov.ukhttp://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en
- www.osvdb.org25291http://www.osvdb.org/25291
- www.niscc.gov.ukhttp://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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