Name: CVE-2016-6173: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6173, CWE-399, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01924

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 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 nsd	Jul 30, 2024	Feb 9, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade knotUpgrade bind910Upgrade bind99Upgrade nsdUpgrade knot1Upgrade knot2Upgrade bind911Upgrade powerdnsUpgrade bind9-devel	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 10, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Feb 9, 2017

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