CVE-2016-6172

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 26, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-6172: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix