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Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-0038
The DNS implementation of PowerDNS 2.9.16 and earlier allows remote...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0_rc1, 2.8, 2.9.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3a, 2.9.4, 2.9.5, 2.9.6, 2.9.7, 2.9.8, 2.9.10, 2.9.11, 2.9.12, 2.9.13, 2.9.14, 2.9.15
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.