CVE-2016-6170Improper Input Validation in Bind

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
13.0%
top 5.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 6
Latest updateNov 29

Description

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debianisc/bind9< 1:9.10.6+dfsg-1+3
NVDisc/bind9.09.9.8+4

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
bind9 vulnerabilities2022-11-29
GHSA
GHSA-r98f-r8h7-rj5p: ISC BIND through 92022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2016-6170: ISC BIND through 92016-07-06
OSV
CVE-2016-6170: ISC BIND through 92016-07-06

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Bind vulnerabilities2022-11-29
Red Hat
bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit2016-07-04
Debian
CVE-2016-6170: bind9 - ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1...2016

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6170 bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit2016-07-07
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6170 bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]2016-07-07
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6170 bind99: bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]2016-07-07
CVE-2016-6170 — Improper Input Validation in ISC Bind | cvebase