CVE-2016-6172
Severity Score
6.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
PowerDNS (también conocido como pdns) Authoritative Server en versiones anteriores a 4.0.1 permite a servidores DNS primarios remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (agotamiento de memoria y caída del servidor DNS secundario) a través de una gran respuesta (1) AXFR o (2) IXFR.
*Credits:
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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- Decision:-
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Timeline
- 2016-07-06 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-26 CVE Published
- 2024-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 | Release Notes | |
| https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html | Mailing List |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md | 2018-10-30 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html | 2018-10-30 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664 | 2018-10-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1" | - |
Affected
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2" | - |
Affected
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| Powerdns Search vendor "Powerdns" | Authoritative Server Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Authoritative Server" | <= 4.0.0 Search vendor "Powerdns" for product "Authoritative Server" and version " <= 4.0.0" | - |
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