Nsd
CVE-2016-6173
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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1DescriptionCVE.org
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.
AnalysisAI
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data. Affected products include: Nlnetlabs Nsd. Version information: before 4.1.11.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Remote denial-of-service in NLnet Labs NSD (authoritative DNS name server) version 4.13.0 and later allows an unauthenti
Heap overflow in NLnet Labs NSD allows a malicious or compromised zone primary to corrupt memory on a secondary (slave)
Zone-transfer authentication bypass in NLnet Labs NSD allows unauthorized secondaries to obtain full zone contents witho
Stack buffer overflow in NSD 4.14.0 (NLnet Labs authoritative DNS server) allows a party able to introduce zone data to
query.c in NSD 3.0.x through 3.0.8, 3.1.x through 3.1.1, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a deni
Same weakness CWE-399 – Resource Management Errors
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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