CVE-2016-6172
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 26, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 6, 2016
Description
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and secondary DNS server crash) via a large (1) AXFR or (2) IXFR response.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401
- DSA-3664vendor-advisory
- 1036242vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondariesmailing-list
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133
- 91678vdb-entry
- [dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japanmailing-list
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2116vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
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