CVE-2005-0038

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 trigger an infinite loop.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-01-07 CVE Reserved
2005-12-31 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/25291	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				<= 2.9.16 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version " <= 2.9.16"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.0_rc1 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.0_rc1"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.8 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.8"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.0"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.1 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.1"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.2 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.2"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.3a Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.3a"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.4 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.4"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.5 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.5"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.6 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.6"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.7 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.7"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.8 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.8"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.10 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.10"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.11 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.11"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.12 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.12"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.13 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.13"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.14 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.14"		-		Affected
Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns"		Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns"				2.9.15 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Powerdns" and version "2.9.15"		-		Affected