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CVE-2016-6172
Published: Sep 26, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-3664
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1036242
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
[oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133
x_refsource_CONFIRM
91678
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
[dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2016:2116
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
x_refsource_MISC
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