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CVE-2016-6172

CVE-2016-6172

EPSS 3.9%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.htmlhttps://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.mdhttps://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242