CVE-2016-6172

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6172
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-26 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionPowerDNS (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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Powerdns Authoritative Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add limits to the size of received {A,I}XFR, in megabytes by rgacogne · Pull Request #4133 · PowerDNS/pdns · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking
openSUSE-SU-2016:2116-1: moderate: Security update for pdns SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
PowerDNS AXFR/IXFR Response Processing Bug Lets Remote DNS Servers Cause the Target DNS Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3664-1 pdns DEBIAN www.debian.org
xfer size issue · Issue #4128 · PowerDNS/pdns · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking
Add limits to the size of received AXFR, in megabytes by rgacogne · Pull Request #4134 · PowerDNS/pdns · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking
[dns-operations] DNS activities in Japan MLIST lists.dns-oarc.net Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Multiple DNS Servers Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
Changelogs CONFIRM doc.powerdns.com Release Notes
xfer-limit/README.md at master · sischkg/xfer-limit · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
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