CVE-2016-6173
NSD DNS Server Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 9, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:55 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Added Reference https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Added Reference https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Added Reference https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Added Reference https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 24, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES No Types Assigned http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html No Types Assigned https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 No Types Assigned https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html No Types Assigned https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-399 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:4.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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1.15 }} -0.58%
score
0.84593
percentile