THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-2301
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2301

Powerdns vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
PowerDNS 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.
Affected vendor
Powerdns
Affected product
Powerdns
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2005-07-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2301

  • Confirm whether Powerdns Powerdns is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2301.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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