Multiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware 3.13, and (3) Men & Mice Suite 2.2x before 2.2.3 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and network bandwidth consumption) by triggering a communications loop via (a) DNS query packets with localhost as a spoofed source address, or (b) a response packet that triggers a response packet
Published Sep 1, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.77%
Description
Multiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware 3.13, and (3) Men & Mice Suite 2.2x before 2.2.3 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and network bandwidth consumption) by triggering a communications loop via (a) DNS query packets with localhost as a spoofed source address, or (b) a response packet that triggers a response packet.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.7.0
- 7.7.1
- 7.8.0
- 7.8.1
- 7.8.2
- 7.9.11
- 8.3.3
- 8.3.4
- 8.4.0
- 8.5.0
- 8.9
- 8.9.1
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 8.9.4
- 8.9.5
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.10
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.10.0
- 0.5.28
- 0.5.29
- 0.5.30
- 0.5.31
- 0.8.05
- n/a
- 0.50.4
- 0.50.5
- 0.50.6
- 0.50.7
- 0.50.8
- 0.50.9
- 0.60.0
- 0.60.1
- m5pre1
- m5pre2
- 3.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.1_beta_a
- 6.0
- 6.0.1_build_993
- 6.0.1_build_995
- n/a
Configuration 2
- 2.0
- 2.01
- 2.02
- 2.03
- 2.12
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.33
- 2.34
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 2.12
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.34
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 2.12
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.34
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 3.11
- 3.12
- 3.12
- 2.12
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.33
- 2.34
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 3.12
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02765) | 85.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02765) | 84.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.96% (0.01958) | 82.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.63% (0.01631) | 88.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 22, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02280) | 88.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02341) | 88.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13145 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13145 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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