CVE-2016-5427
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5427
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5427.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5427
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:15Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T13:39:12.119413Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query.
- References
-
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5427
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Debian:12 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Debian:13 / pdns
Package
- Name
- pdns
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source
Git / github.com/powerdns/pdns
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/powerdns/pdns
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
Affected versions
auth-3.*
auth-3.1-rc1
auth-3.1-rc2
auth-3.1-rc3
auth-3.2-rc1
auth-3.2-rc2
auth-3.2-rc3
auth-3.2-rc4
auth-3.3
auth-3.3-rc1
auth-3.3-rc2
auth-3.4.0
auth-3.4.0-rc1
auth-3.4.0-rc2
auth-3.4.1
auth-3.4.2
auth-3.4.3
auth-3.4.4
auth-3.4.5
auth-3.4.6
auth-3.4.7
auth-3.4.8
auth-3.4.9
Other
rec-3-0
rec-3-0-1
rec-3.*
rec-3.0
rec-3.0.1
rec-3.1.4
rec-3.3.1
rec-3.5
rec-3.5-rc1
rec-3.5-rc3
rec-3.5-rc4
rec-3.5-rc5
rec-3.6.0
rec-3.6.0-rc1