CVE-2016-6172
published 2016-09-26CVE-2016-6172: 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…
PriorityP430medium6.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACHPRNUINSCCNINAH
EPSS
3.82%
88.9th percentile
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.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pdns | < pdns 4.0.1-1 (bookworm) | pdns 4.0.1-1 (bookworm) |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 4.0.1-1 | 4.0.1-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 4.0.1-1 | 4.0.1-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 4.0.1-1 | 4.0.1-1 |
| open-xchange | pdns | >= 0 < 4.0.1-1 | 4.0.1-1 |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| powerdns | authoritative_server | <= 4.0.0 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.07.1HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv6.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.8MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2016-6172: pdns - PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS ...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2016-6172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-6172: pdns - PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.0.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.0.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.0.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.0.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.0.1-1)
GHSA
GHSA-fr33-w8fm-p45j: PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2016-6172 [HIGH] CWE-400 GHSA-fr33-w8fm-p45j: PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4
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.
OSV
CVE-2016-6172: PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4
osv·2016-09-26·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2016-6172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-6172: PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit
bugzilla·2016-07-07·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2016-6172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit
It was found that PowerDNS does not implement reasonable restrictions for zone sizes. This allows an explicitly configured primary DNS server for a zone to crash a secondary DNS server, affecting service of other zones hosted on the same secondary server.
CVE request:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/19
Proposed patch:
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/powerdns-3.4.7-xfer-limit-0.0.1.patch
Discussion:
Created pdns tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1353566]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1353567]
---
Upstream issue:
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128
The following patches are still under review but should be merged soon:
- Master: https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4133
- 3.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [epel-all]
bugzilla·2016-07-07·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2016-6172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [epel-all]
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fe
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-07-07·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2016-6172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-6172 pdns: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedor
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.mdhttps://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.mdhttps://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
2016-09-26
Published