CVE-2005-2301

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and possibly conduct an LDAP injection attack.

Affected products

PowerDNS: 2.9.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3a, 2.9.4, 2.9.5 (+11)

References

http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-18
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112155941310297&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014504
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14290
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-18
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112155941310297&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014504
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14290

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