CVE-2016-7068

Published Sep 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 7.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue has been found in PowerDNS before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2, and PowerDNS recursor before 3.7.4 and 4.0.4, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause an abnormal CPU usage load on the PowerDNS server by sending crafted DNS queries, which might result in a partial denial of service if the system becomes overloaded. This issue is based on the fact that the PowerDNS server parses all records present in a query regardless of whether they are needed or even legitimate. A specially crafted query containing a large number of records can be used to take advantage of that behaviour.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-798-1 pdns security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3763-1 pdns-recursor security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3764-1 pdns security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7948 An issue has been found in PowerDNS before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2, and PowerDNS recursor before 3.7.4 and 4.0.4, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause an abnormal CPU usage load on the PowerDNS server by sending crafted DNS queries, which might result in a partial denial of service if the system becomes overloaded. This issue is based on the fact that the PowerDNS server parses all records present in a query regardless of whether they are needed or even legitimate. A specially crafted query containing a large number of records can be used to take advantage of that behaviour.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:50 AM
Reserved
Aug 23, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 11, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:52 AM