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CVE-2005-0038

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Powerdns Powerdns

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References