CVE-2016-7068 (GCVE-0-2016-7068)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-11 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
Summary
An issue has been found in PowerDNS before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2, and PowerDNS recursor before 3.7.4 and 4.0.4, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause an abnormal CPU usage load on the PowerDNS server by sending crafted DNS queries, which might result in a partial denial of service if the system becomes overloaded. This issue is based on the fact that the PowerDNS server parses all records present in a query regardless of whether they are needed or even legitimate. A specially crafted query containing a large number of records can be used to take advantage of that behaviour.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1211 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Open-Xchange pdns Affected: 3.4.11
Affected: 4.0.2
Affected: 3.7.4
Affected: 4.0.4
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Date Public
2016-12-15 00:00
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