CVE-2016-6173 — NSD vulnerability

CWE-3998 documents6 sources

Severity

7.5HIGHNVD

EPSS

3.4%

top 12.57%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Nlnetlabs NSD

Timeline

PublishedFeb 9

Latest updateMay 17

Description

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiannlnetlabs/nsd< 4.1.11-1+3

▶NVDnlnetlabs/nsd4.1.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-h7fr-j2jh-7mww: NSD before 4↗2022-05-17

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CVEList

CVE-2016-6173: NSD before 4↗2017-02-09

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OSV

CVE-2016-6173: NSD before 4↗2017-02-09

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📋Vendor Advisories

Debian

CVE-2016-6173: nsd - NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service ...↗2016

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2016-6173 nsd: Improper restriction of zone size limit [epel-all]↗2016-07-07

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Bugzilla

CVE-2016-6173 nsd: Improper restriction of zone size limit↗2016-07-07

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Bugzilla

CVE-2016-6173 nsd: Improper restriction of zone size limit [fedora-all]↗2016-07-07

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