Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106120
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	PowerDNS Authoritative Server AXFR Response Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	PowerDNS Authoritative Server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: PowerDNS Authoritative Server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Primary DNS servers may cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message Vulnerability Impact: An authenticated remote attacker may cause a denial of service condition. Affected Software/OS: PowerDNS Authoritative Server Version <= 3.4.9 Solution: Update to version 4.0.1 or later CVSS Score: 7.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6172 1036242 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242 91678 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 DSA-3664 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664 [dns-operations] 20160704 DNS activities in Japan https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html [oss-security] 20160706 Malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md openSUSE-SU-2016:2116 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html
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