CVE-2005-0038 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PowerDNS versions 2.9.16 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted, compressed DNS packet containing an incorrect label length offset, leading to an infinite loop and rendering the service unavailable. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, though it only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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