UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6171
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6171
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6171.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6171
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-02-09T15:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-22T10:53:54Z
- Severity
-
- 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / knot
Package
- Name
- knot
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/knot@2.1.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2.*
2.0.0-1
2.0.1-4
2.0.1-4build1
2.0.2-1
2.0.2-1build1
2.1.0~rc1-52-gd80ce77-1
2.1.0~rc1-55-gf227348-1
2.1.0-2
2.1.0-3
2.1.1-1
2.1.1-1build1
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "knot",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "knot-dnsutils",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "knot-host",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libdnssec0",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libknot1",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libzscanner0",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-1build1"
}
]
}