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CVE-2016-6172
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-26T16:59:04.947 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:34.583

Summary

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 products

opensuse — leap

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References

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