UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6172

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6172

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6172.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6172

Related

CVE-2016-6172

Published

2016-09-26T16:59:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:15Z

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / pdns

Package

Name: pdns
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pdns@4.0.0~alpha2-3build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.5-1build2

3.4.6-2

3.4.6-3

3.4.7-1

3.4.7-2

4.*

4.0.0~alpha1-1

4.0.0~alpha2-2

4.0.0~alpha2-3

4.0.0~alpha2-3build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}