UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6170

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6170
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6170.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6170
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-07-06T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:48Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name
bind9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.6
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.9
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.10
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.11
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.12
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.13
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.14
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.15
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.16
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.17
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.18
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm3
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm4
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm5
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm6
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm7
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm9
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm10
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm11
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm12
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "bind9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "bind9-host"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "bind9utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "dnsutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "host"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libbind-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libbind9-90"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libdns100"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libisc95"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libisccc90"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "libisccfg90"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "liblwres90"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm13",
            "binary_name": "lwresd"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bind9

Package

Name
bind9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5

Affected versions

1:9.*

1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1
1:9.9.5.dfsg-12.1ubuntu1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P2-4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P2-5
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-3
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-5
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.2
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.3
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.4
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.6
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.7
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.8
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.9
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.10
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.11
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.12
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.14
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.15
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.16
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.17
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.18
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm1
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm2
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "bind9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "bind9-host"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "bind9utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "dnsutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "host"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libbind-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libbind-export-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libbind9-140"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libdns-export162"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libdns162"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libirs-export141"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libirs141"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisc-export160"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisc160"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisccc-export140"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisccc140"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisccfg-export140"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "libisccfg140"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "liblwres141"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.19+esm5",
            "binary_name": "lwresd"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}