CVE-2016-6170 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC BIND versions 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1, as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Attackers can trigger crashes on secondary DNS servers via large AXFR responses, IXFR clients via large IXFR responses, or primary DNS servers via large UPDATE messages. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.0, <= 9.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.10.0, <= 9.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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