CVE-2016-7068
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
02 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
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
- 7.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.0% 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
- 2018-09-11 13:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-08-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 179d45ff372fe3a54fdc86659f2281b67f331bf6212022c6057f0f83a0b2d549
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7068
- www.debian.orgDSA-3764https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764
- www.debian.orgDSA-3763https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3763
- doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-02/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- powerdns Fixed in 4.0.2-1
- powerdns-recursor Fixed in 4.0.4-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.2-1
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.0.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.2-1
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.0.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns Fixed in 4.0.2-1
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.0.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- pdns No fix yet
- pdns-recursor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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