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Debian: CVE-2016-6172: pdns -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-6172: pdns -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/10/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-pdns

References

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