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CVE-2016-6170 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md CVEExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390 CVEVendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01390/169/CVE-2016-6170 CVEVendor Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
isc bind
>= 9.0, <= 9.9.8
>= 9.10.0, <= 9.10.3
9.9.9 -
9.9.9 beta1
9.9.9 beta2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.9:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:a3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
5.0
6.0
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6170
NVD Published Date:
Jul 6, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]