CVE-2005-2302 describes a vulnerability in PowerDNS before version 2.9.18. When configured to allow recursion for a restricted set of IP addresses, the software fails to properly manage queries from unauthorized clients, potentially causing a denial of service where legitimate clients receive no answers. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access and low attack complexity, primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.3aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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