ghsa-fr33-w8fm-p45j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:08
Modified
2022-05-14 02:08
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6172"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-09-26T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-fr33-w8fm-p45j",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T02:08:57Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:08:57Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6172"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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