UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6170

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6170

    Published: 6 Jul 2016Last Modified: 17 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6170
    Aliases:
    USN-5747-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6170, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html, https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html, https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/0/Operational-Notification%3A-A-party-that-is-allowed-control-over-zone-data-can-overwhelm-a-server-by-transferring-huge-quantities-of-data.html, https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/commit/5f8412a4cb5ee14a0e8cddd4107854b40ee3291e, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5747-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6170

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bind9

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1
    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu3
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.3
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.9
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.10
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.11
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.12
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.13
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.16
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.17
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.18
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm1
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm2
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm3
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm4
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm5
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm6
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm7
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm9
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm10
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm11
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm12
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm14
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm15

    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
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