Vulnerability CVE-2016-5426
Published: 2016-09-21

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Powerdns -> Authoritative 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/
https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3
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