CVE-2016-6172
MEDIUM6.8EPSS 0.02%Published: 9/26/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6172
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pdnsfrom 0, < 4.0.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |