CVE-2005-2301

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-19 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.0 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.10 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.11 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.12 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.13 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.14 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.15 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.16 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.17 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.2 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.3a All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.4 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.5 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.6 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.7 All All All
Application Powerdns Powerdns 2.9.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'PowerDNS 2.9.18 fixes two security issues affecting users of LDAP' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Release notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com
PowerDNS LDAP Backend Query Escape Failure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - PowerDNS Input Validation Flaw in LDAP Backend and Error In Processing Restricted Recursion Requests Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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