Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0428

Description

The DNSPacket::expand method in dnspacket.cc in PowerDNS before 2.9.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a random stream of bytes.

Affected products

PowerDNS/Powerdns3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-15.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12446nvdPatchVendor Advisory
doc.powerdns.com/changelog.htmlnvd
ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/cvstrac/pdns/tktviewnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19221nvd

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