Name: CVE-2016-5427: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-5427, CWE-399, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.85547

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade pdns	Sep 10, 2016	Sep 10, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade pdns-backend-postgresqlUpgrade pdnsUpgrade pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-mysqlUpgrade pdns-backend-lua-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-luaUpgrade pdns-backend-ldapUpgrade pdns-debugsourceUpgrade pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-mydnsUpgrade pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfoUpgrade pdns-backend-sqlite3	Sep 23, 2016	Sep 21, 2016

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CVSS Details

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