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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2120
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-1"}]}]
Debian:13
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-1"}]}]
Debian:14
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org