DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5427

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5427
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5427.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5427
Upstream
Published
2016-09-21T14:25:15.580Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:04:00.189681Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0~alpha1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0~alpha1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0~alpha1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0~alpha1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}