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.
Published: 2016-09-26
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-627-1 pdns security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3664-1 pdns security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7106 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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Powerdns Authoritative Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.811Z

Reserved: 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6172

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-26T16:59:04.947

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6172

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