CVE-2005-2316

Published: Apr 28, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Domain Name Relay Daemon (DNRD) before 2.19.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a DNS packet that uses message compression in the QNAME and two pointers that point to each other (circular buffer).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

dnrd dnrd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014557

securitytracker.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/16142

secunia.com

http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/e72fd82b-fa01-11d9-bc08-0001020eed82.html

freebsd.org

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Timeline

Published

Apr 28, 2006

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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