CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2301

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-07-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-07-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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 configurations

• powerdns powerdns 2.9.0 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.1 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.2 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.3a • powerdns powerdns 2.9.4 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.5 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.6 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.7 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.8 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.10 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.11 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.12 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.13 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.14 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.15 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.16 • powerdns powerdns 2.9.17

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query weakness

References