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CVE-2005-2301: powerdns

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2301
Published 19-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2301 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in powerdns. EPSS estimates a 3.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% 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
3.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-771-1

Timeline

  1. 19-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.26% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.26%

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< 2.9.18-1
Powerdns1 product
  • powerdns2.9.0 | 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 | 2.9.16 | 2.9.17

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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