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CVE-2016-6170

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Date: July 6, 2016

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.

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Related Resources (5)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6170
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6170

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Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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