UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6173

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6173
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6173.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6173
Upstream
Published
2017-02-09T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:48Z
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
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nsd

Package

Name
nsd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsd@4.1.7-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.2-1
4.1.6-1
4.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.7-1",
            "binary_name": "nsd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.1.7-1",
            "binary_name": "nsd3"
        }
    ]
}