VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-6172

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-09-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references