CVE-2005-2301
PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and
02 Description
PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and
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
- 3.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% 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
- 2005-07-19 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-19
- 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
- f718af657185ec7fc8ecf78a3a0d1f55518682e07bbdfafdde664e88ff7b289b
05 Affected products
06 References
- doc.powerdns.comhttp://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-18
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:019http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- marc.info20050716 PowerDNS 2.9.18 fixes two security issues affecting users of LDAPhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112155941310297&w=2
- securitytracker.com1014504http://securitytracker.com/id?1014504
- www.securityfocus.com14290http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14290
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 2.9.18-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.