VDB
CVE-2016-6171
CVE-2016-6171
PUBLISHED
Knot DNS before 2.3.0 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and slave server crash) via a large zone transfer for (1) DDNS, (2) AXFR, or (3) IXFR.
EPSS 2.09% · 84.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.09%
84.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | knot | 0, 2.0.0-1, 2.0.1-4 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries (circl)
- 91678 (circl)
- [dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan (circl)
- [oss-security] 20160706 Re: Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries (circl)
- https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/knot/blob/c546a70563ef4c7badb7cb5bdf6d1ba8e7adae82/NEWS (circl)
- https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/knot/issues/464 (circl)
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md (circl)
Timeline
- Jul 7, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6171 third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/knot/merge_requests/541 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6171 third-party-advisory