CVE-2016-5426

Priority
Low
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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5426
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
Package
Source: pdns (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.0.0~alpha1-1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):DNE (precise was needed)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):needed
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected (4.0.0~alpha2-3build1)
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark):not-affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):not-affected
Patches:
Upstream:https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
More Information

Updated: 2017-12-14 19:21:32 UTC (commit 13907)