medium6.8
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 serve…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 42.1 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Version 13.2 |
| Powerdns | Authoritative Server | through 4.0.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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