CVE-2016-6170
4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
83.9%
ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.
Affected configurations
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563
github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390
kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170
lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html
lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
Related
4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
83.9%