CVE-2005-0036

The DNS implementation in DeleGate 8.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could trigger an infinite loop.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0036 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0036

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.89% 2.67% +1.77%
2 2025-03-30 1.21% 0.89% -0.32%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
delegate delegate <= 8.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 5.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:5.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 7.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:7.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.10 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
delegate delegate 8.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:delegate:delegate:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etl delegate 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:etl:delegate:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etl delegate 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:etl:delegate:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0036

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