CVE-2016-6170

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIsc Bind
PublishedJul 6, 2016
First seenJul 6, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
isc bind9.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.9.8, 9.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.10.3, 9.9.9, 9.10.4, 9.11.0—
redhat enterprise_linux5.0, 6.0, 7.0—

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