CVE-2016-6173
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.9%
Description
NSD before 4.1.11 allows remote DNS master servers to cause a denial of service (/tmp disk consumption and slave server crash) via a zone transfer with unlimited data.
How to fix CVE-2016-6173
To remediate CVE-2016-6173, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nsd—upgrade to 4.1.11-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6173 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.1.11-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |