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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5427
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a deni...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0~alpha1-1"}]}]
Debian:13
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0~alpha1-1"}]}]
Debian:14
pdns
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0~alpha1-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org