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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6172

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and secondary...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 pdns

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 pdns

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 pdns

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org