CVE-2016-6170

MEDIUM

ISC BIND <9.11.0b1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015075.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015073.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036241
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91611
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.1302
EPSS Percentile 94.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (7)
isc/bind 9.9.9 (4 CPE variants)
isc/bind 9.10.4 (2 CPE variants)
isc/bind 9.11.0 a1 (4 CPE variants)
isc/bind 9.0 - 9.9.8
redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
Published Jul 06, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026