CVE-2005-0428

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

02/05/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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
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