CVE-2016-2120

Published Nov 1, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-798-1 pdns security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3764-1 pdns security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3223 An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server versions up to and including 3.4.10, 4.0.1 allowing an authorized user to crash the server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control then sending a DNS query for that record. The issue is due to an integer overflow when checking if the content of the record matches the expected size, allowing an attacker to cause a read past the buffer boundary.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:17 PM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:43 AM