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CVE-2016-5427

high · 7.5

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.

7.5
CVSS
63.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
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

VendorProductAffected versions
powerdnsauthoritative<= 3.4.9

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References

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