CVE-2005-0038 Affecting pdns package, versions <2.9.17-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.24% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PDNS-18579388
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-0038  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest pdns to version 2.9.17-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns package and not the pdns package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1