CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6170
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-07-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.
Affected configurations
• isc bind (>= 9.0 <= 9.9.8)
• isc bind (>= 9.10.0 <= 9.10.3)
• isc bind 9.9.9
• isc bind 9.10.4
• isc bind 9.11.0
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390 Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390 Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07 Third Party Advisory