PT-2017-8923 · Nlnet+1 · Nsd+1

Toshifumi Sakaguchi · Published 2017-02-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-6173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NSD versions prior to 4.1.11

Description The issue allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service, resulting in /tmp disk consumption and slave server crash, via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.1.11, update to version 4.1.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1471

CVE-2016-6173

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11100-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Nsd

References · 23

• http://nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES · Vendor Advisory
• https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6173 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6173 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11100-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6173 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6173 · Security Note
• https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91678 · Note
• https://nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 · Note