Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-5427
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.32
EPSS Ranking 96.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
Products affected by CVE-2016-5427
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.10
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.11
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.12
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.13
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.14
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.15
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.16
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.17
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.18
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.19
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.20
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.21
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.22
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.7
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:2.9.8
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3-0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3-0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.1.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:3.4.9