CVE-2005-0038

medium

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.

References

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en

http://www.osvdb.org/25291

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2005-12-31

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM