CVE-2016-6172

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6172
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-26T16:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html Third Party Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 Release Notes
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Patch
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6172
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6172
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:23:32 2016-09-26T16:59Z 2016-09-26T16:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:23:32 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:23:32 Modified Vulnerability Status updated