CVE-2016-6173

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6173
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-09 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-24 21:14:00 UTC
DescriptionNSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nlnetlabs Nsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[nsd-users] NSD 4.1.11 MLIST open.nlnetlabs.nl Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES CONFIRM www.nlnetlabs.nl Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[dns-operations] DNS activities in Japan MLIST lists.dns-oarc.net Third Party Advisory
Multiple DNS Servers Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 790 – A master can kill a NSD slave with infinite zones CONFIRM www.nlnetlabs.nl Issue Tracking
xfer-limit/README.md at master · sischkg/xfer-limit · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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