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.
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en
Source: MITRE
Published: 2005-12-31
Updated: 2008-09-05
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
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