MGASA-2016-0324: pdns Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 28-09-2016Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0324 is a vulnerability in pdns Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-5426CVE-2016-5427CVE-2016-6172

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated pdns packages fix security vulnerability PowerDNS Authoritative Server accepts queries with a qname's length larger than 255 bytes (CVE-2016-5426). PowerDNS Authoritative Server does not properly handle dot inside labels (CVE-2016-5427). These issues allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause an abnormal load on the PowerDNS backend by sending crafted DNS queries, which might result in a partial denial of service if the backend becomes overloaded. It was found that PowerDNS does not implement reasonable restrictions for zone sizes. This allows an explicitly configured primary DNS server for a zone to crash a secondary DNS server, affecting service of other zones hosted on the same secondary server (CVE-2016-6172).

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • pdns< 3.3.3-1.2.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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