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CVE-2005-0428

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Powerdns — Powerdns

CWEs

References

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