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CVE-2005-0428
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- powerdns-random-bytes-dos(19221) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 12446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/cvstrac/pdns/tktview?tn=21 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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