CVE-2016-6173 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in NSD before version 4.1.11, where a remote DNS master server can exhaust disk space in /tmp and crash a slave server through an unlimited data zone transfer. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 59/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.