CVE-2016-5426

high · 7.5

PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a long qname.

7.5

CVSS

30.6%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

98th

EPSS percentile

2016-09-21

Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
powerdns	authoritative	<= 3.4.9

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2016-5426