CVE-2005-0428 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The DNSPacket::expand method in dnspacket.cc in PowerDNS before 2.9.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a random stream of bytes.

Published: 2005-02-15

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0_rc1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.15:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03271.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-17
http://ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/cvstrac/pdns/tktview?tn=21
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19221

History

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Subscriptions

Powerdns Powerdns

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.257Z

Reserved: 2005-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0428

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:11:05.363

Link: CVE-2005-0428

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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