CVE-2016-6170

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6170
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-06T14:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-25T20:19:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.0 9.9.8
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.10.0 9.10.3
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/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://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170 Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6170
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6170
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:28:26 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:12:03 2016-07-06T14:59Z 2016-07-06T14:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:12:03 2020-08-25T20:19:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:12:03 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated