CVE-2005-0038

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729

http://www.osvdb.org/25291

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High