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CVE-2016-6170 (GCVE-0-2016-6170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-06 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-07-04 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:01:45+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-6170",
      "id": "CVE-2016-6170",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-07-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "26",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-6170.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-03T01:00:41Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-6170",
      "id": "CVE-2016-6170",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:59:54Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "31",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "265",
      "product_status:recommended": "533",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-6170",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-6170.json",
      "version": "21"
    }
  }
}



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