CVE - CVE-2016-6173

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6173	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.
References
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MISC:91678 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 MISC:[dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan URL:https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html MISC:[nsd-users] 20160809 NSD 4.1.11 URL:https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html MISC:[oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20160706 Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4 MISC:http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES URL:http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES MISC:https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md URL:https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md MISC:https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790 URL:https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160706	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160706)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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