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CVE-2016-6172

CVE information

Published

7 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.1/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.8/10
Exploit Score
2.2/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
4/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Changed
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -