CVE-2016-6173 (GCVE-0-2016-6173)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-09 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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