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CVE-2016-5427
published 2016-09-21

CVE-2016-5427: PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianpdns< pdns 4.0.0~alpha1-1 (bookworm)pdns 4.0.0~alpha1-1 (bookworm)
open-xchangepdns>= 0 < 4.0.0~alpha1-14.0.0~alpha1-1
open-xchangepdns>= 0 < 4.0.0~alpha1-14.0.0~alpha1-1
open-xchangepdns>= 0 < 4.0.0~alpha1-14.0.0~alpha1-1
open-xchangepdns>= 0 < 4.0.0~alpha1-14.0.0~alpha1-1
powerdnsauthoritative<= 3.4.9

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH