CVE-2016-5426

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a long qname.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-09-21

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Authoritative (Powerdns)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
• https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
• https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3