CVE-2016-6173 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.034.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nlnetlabs	Nsd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-02-09T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.777Z

Reserved: 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6173

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-09T15:59:01.237

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6173

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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