CVE-2016-5426
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 30.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-21 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f74db8f4172f6db949dc6f2401a1a088f0613ac2b44eca41d2fcd480fbf7f3a
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
- www.securitytracker.com1036761http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
- www.debian.orgDSA-3664http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
- www.securityfocus.com92917http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160909 PowerDNS Security Advisory 2016-01: Crafted queries can cause unexpected backend loadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
- doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.0~alpha1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.0~alpha1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.0~alpha1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.