CVE-2016-6172
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6172
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6172.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6172
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-26T16:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-08T04:04:10.337813Z
- Severity
-
- 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134
- 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6172
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Debian:12 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Debian:13 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Git / github.com/powerdns/pdns
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/powerdns/pdns
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
auth-3.*
auth-3.1-rc1
auth-3.1-rc2
auth-3.1-rc3
auth-3.2-rc1
auth-3.2-rc2
auth-3.2-rc3
auth-3.2-rc4
auth-3.3
auth-3.3-rc1
auth-3.3-rc2
auth-3.4.0
auth-3.4.0-rc1
auth-3.4.0-rc2
auth-4.*
auth-4.0.0
auth-4.0.0-alpha1
auth-4.0.0-alpha2
auth-4.0.0-alpha3
auth-4.0.0-beta1
auth-4.0.0-rc1
auth-4.0.0-rc2
dnsdist-1.*
dnsdist-1.0.0
dnsdist-1.0.0-alpha1
dnsdist-1.0.0-alpha2
dnsdist-1.0.0-beta1
Other
rec-3-0
rec-3-0-1
rec-3.*
rec-3.0
rec-3.0.1
rec-3.1.4
rec-3.3.1
rec-3.5
rec-3.5-rc1
rec-3.5-rc3
rec-3.5-rc4
rec-3.5-rc5
rec-3.6.0
rec-3.6.0-rc1
rec-3.7.0
rec-3.7.0-rc1
rec-3.7.0-rc2
rec-4.*
rec-4.0.0
rec-4.0.0-alpha1
rec-4.0.0-alpha2
rec-4.0.0-alpha3
rec-4.0.0-beta1
rec-4.0.0-rc1