Vulnerability CVE-2005-0038
Published: 2005-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Powerdns -> Powerdns 

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