CVE-2016-6170

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    CVE-2016-6170

    Published: 6 Jul 2016Last Modified: 26 Oct 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563, https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 19d6c56085e97cf4ac559cdc27edd624127bcb32
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.10.4-NA
    9.10.4-p1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High