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ubuntu-cve-2016-6173

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-02-09 15:59

Modified

2026-06-25 16:48

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      negligible

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6173	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6173	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nsd",
            "binary_version": "4.1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nsd3",
            "binary_version": "4.1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nsd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsd@4.1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps-legacy/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.1.2-1",
        "4.1.6-1",
        "4.1.7-1",
        "4.1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6173",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T16:48:46Z",
  "published": "2017-02-09T15:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6173"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6173"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6173"
  ]
}

CVE-2016-6173 (GCVE-0-2016-6173)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/201…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operatio…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_R…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2016-07-04 00:00

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            ],
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          },
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            "url": "https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790"
          },
          {
            "name": "[dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan",
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          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20160706 Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries",
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          },
          {
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          ],
          "url": "https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790"
        },
        {
          "name": "[dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20160706 Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries",
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        },
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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-6173 (GCVE-0-2016-6173)

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