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7.5high

CVE-2016-6173

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 t…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • open.nlnetlabs.nl /pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91678 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • nlnetlabs.nl /bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.dns-oarc.net /pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nlnetlabs.nl /svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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