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CVE-2016-5427
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-21T14:25:15.580 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:23.683

Summary

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.

Affected products

powerdns — authoritative

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References

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