Upstream information

CVE-2016-6173 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.1
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Complete Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 987873 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • nsd >= 4.3.7-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11100

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 6 13:19:43 2016
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 20:18:31 2025