Description
PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 4.0.1 allows remote primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and secondary DNS server crash) via a large (1) AXFR or (2) IXFR response.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-401 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036242 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/06/3 ↗
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4128 ↗
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4133 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91678 ↗
- https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2016-July/015058.html ↗
- https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/4134 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00085.html ↗
- https://github.com/sischkg/xfer-limit/blob/master/README.md ↗