Resource Management Errors Affecting pdns package, versions <4.0.0~alpha1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.72% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-PDNS-5692086
  • published21 Sept 2016
  • disclosed21 Sept 2016

Introduced: 21 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5427  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 pdns to version 4.0.0~alpha1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns package and not the pdns package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.