CVE-2016-6172

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:55

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 - Mailing List () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 - Mailing List
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242 -
References () https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 - Release Notes () https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 - Issue Tracking () https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md - Patch () https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md - Patch
References () https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2016-09-26 16:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-6172

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6172


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Products Affected

opensuse

  • leap
  • opensuse

powerdns

  • authoritative_server
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption