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CVE-2005-0038

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• PowerDNS: through 2.9.16; 2.0_rc1, 2.8, 2.9.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3a (+11)

References

• http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html
• http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en
• http://www.osvdb.org/25291
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729
• http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html
• http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en
• http://www.osvdb.org/25291
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729

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