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GHSA-935V-FG4C-F9FR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:25 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:25

Details

Knot DNS before 2.3.0 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and slave server crash) via a large zone transfer for (1) DDNS, (2) AXFR, or (3) IXFR.

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2016-6171 (GCVE-0-2016-6171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22

Summary

Knot DNS before 2.3.0 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and slave server crash) via a large zone transfer for (1) DDNS, (2) AXFR, or (3) IXFR.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operatio…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/knot/blob/c546a70…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/knot/issues/464	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master…	x_refsource_MISC

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GHSA-935V-FG4C-F9FR

CVE-2016-6171 (GCVE-0-2016-6171)

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