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CVE-2005-0038: powerdns

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-0038
Published 28-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0038 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in powerdns. EPSS estimates a 6.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-04-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 6.09% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
6.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pdns< 2.9.17-1
Powerdns1 product
  • powerdns≤ 2.9.16 | 2.0_rc1 | 2.8 | 2.9.0 | 2.9.1 | 2.9.2 | 2.9.3a | 2.9.4 | 2.9.5 | 2.9.6 | 2.9.7 | 2.9.8 | 2.9.10 | 2.9.11 | 2.9.12 | 2.9.13 | 2.9.14 | 2.9.15

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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