CVE-2016-6173
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 9, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 6, 2016
Description
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.
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
- [nsd-users] 20160809 NSD 4.1.11mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondariesmailing-list
- 91678vdb-entry
- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790
- [dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japanmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160706 Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondariesmailing-list
- http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
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