CVE-2016-6170

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

41%p99

Published

Jul 6, 2016 (Jul 6, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.

Vendors: isc redhat
Products: bind, enterprise linux
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (40.5%)

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