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CVE-2016-6170

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
06/07/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.0 (including) 9.9.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.10.0 (including) 9.10.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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