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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.

  • Published: Sep 26, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6172
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.1
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
opensuse / leap 42.1 42.1.x
opensuse / opensuse 13.2 13.2.x
powerdns / authoritative_server - 4.0.0.x