CVE-2016-6172 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions prior to 4.0.1, impacting various openSUSE and PowerDNS distributions. Remote primary DNS servers can trigger memory exhaustion and secondary DNS server crashes by sending excessively large AXFR or IXFR responses. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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