VDB
CVE-2016-2120
CVE-2016-2120
PUBLISHED
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.
EPSS 0.13% · 32.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.13%
32.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | pdns | 0, 3.4.5-1build2, 3.4.6-2 |
Timeline
- Nov 1, 2018 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2120 third-party-advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-05/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2120 third-party-advisory