VDB
CVE-2016-7072
CVE-2016-7072
PUBLISHED
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2 allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by opening a large number of TCP connections to the web server. If the web server runs out of file descriptors, it triggers an exception and terminates the whole PowerDNS process. While it's more complicated for an unauthorized attacker to make the web server run out of file descriptors since its connection will be closed just after being accepted, it might still be possible.
EPSS 6.32% · 92.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
6.32%
92.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | pdns | 0, 3.4.5-1build2, 3.4.6-2 |
Timeline
- Sep 10, 2018 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7072 third-party-advisory
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-03/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7072 third-party-advisory