Powerdns · Powerdns Authoritative Server · CVE-2016-2120
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 4.0.1
PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10
**Description**
The issue allows an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control and then sending a DNS query for that record. This is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.
**Recommendations**
For PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, update to a version later than 3.4.10 to resolve the issue.
For PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 4.0.1, update to a version later than 4.0.1 to resolve the issue.