CVE-2016-5426

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3