Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-6172
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 1.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.1
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
- 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
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
- 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
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
Products affected by CVE-2016-6172
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:2.9.22
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2