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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0038

CVE-2005-0038

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.

Affected products

18
  • PowerDNS/Powerdns18 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.9.16
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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