Name: CVE-2016-6171: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6171, CWE-400, CVSS 8.6, EPSS 0.02799

Knot DNS before 2.3.0 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and slave server crash) via a large zone transfer for (1) DDNS, (2) AXFR, or (3) IXFR.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.6
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade knot	Jul 30, 2024	Feb 9, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade knotUpgrade knot2Upgrade bind9-develUpgrade powerdnsUpgrade bind99Upgrade bind910Upgrade nsdUpgrade bind911Upgrade knot1	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 10, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Feb 9, 2017

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CVSS Details

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