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CVE-2016-6172
- EPSS 3.82%
- Veröffentlicht 26.09.2016 16:59:04
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 06.05.2026 22:30:45
- Quelle secalert@redhat.com
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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.
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 3.82% | 0.887 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 6.8 | 2.2 | 4 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.1 | 8.6 | 6.9 |
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134