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CVE-2016-6173

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

Published

2017-02-09T15:59:01.237

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nlnetlabs	nsd	≤ 4.1.10	Yes

References

http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)