FKIE_CVE-2016-6173
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-09 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
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
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