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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2316 · published 31 December 2005

CVE-2005-2316: Dnrd vulnerability

Dnrd · Dnrd

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).

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% · top 25.2%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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).

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16142 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014557
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=482568 Patch
http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/e72fd82b-fa01-11d9-bc08-0001020eed82.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16142 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014557
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=482568 Patch
http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/e72fd82b-fa01-11d9-bc08-0001020eed82.html

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Related vulnerabilities

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7.5CVE-2005-2315Dnrd vulnerabilityBuffer overflow in Domain Name Relay Daemon (DNRD) before 2.19.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of large DNS pa…EPSS 3.8%7.5CVE-2002-0140Dnrd vulnerabilityDomain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code v…EPSS 3.5%5.0CVE-2005-0037Dnrd vulnerabilityThe DNS implementation of DNRD before 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte …EPSS 1.6%5.0CVE-2004-0789Delegate vulnerabilityMultiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware …EPSS 2.8%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2316), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.