Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2301
CVE-2005-2301
Description
PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure to answer ldap questions) and possibly conduct an LDAP injection attack.
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18cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
- 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:2.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:2.9.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.9.18
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