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
Upstream
Published
2016-09-26T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:48Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?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
4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-geoip"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-ldap"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-lua"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-mydns"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-pgsql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-pipe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-remote"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-sqlite3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-backend-tinydns"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-server"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0~alpha2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "pdns-tools"
        }
    ]
}