CVE-2016-2120
CVSS V2 Medium 4
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-2120
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-11-01T13:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-09T23:17:35
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.4.10 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2120 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764 | Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2120 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2120 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:14:15 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 14:01:41 | 2018-11-01T13:29Z | 2018-11-01T13:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 14:01:41 | 2019-10-09T23:17:35 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 14:01:41 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |