Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170Vendor Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.mdExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170Vendor Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 6, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified