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CVE-2005-0428

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0428 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PowerDNS versions prior to 2.9.17. Specifically, the DNSPacket::expand method in dnspacket.cc is susceptible to a remote attacker sending a random stream of bytes, causing the service to become unavailable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0327 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

doc.powerdns.com / changelog.html
ds9a.nl / cgi-bin/cvstrac/pdns/tktview
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19221
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-15.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12446
PatchVendor Advisory