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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-09-26

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Leap (Opensuse)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)
• Authoritative Server (Powerdns)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242
• https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401
• https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
• https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133
• https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134
• https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
• https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html