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CVE-2016-6173 Details

Description

NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790	CVE	Issue Tracking
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://open.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/nsd-users/2016-August/002342.html	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/nsd/tags/NSD_4_1_11_REL/doc/RELNOTES	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
nlnetlabs nsd	<= 4.1.10
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 24, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]