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CVE-2016-5426
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-21T14:25:14.487 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:23.573

Summary

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a long qname.

Affected products

powerdns — authoritative

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References

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