Vulnerability Details : 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 PowerDNS server by sending crafted DNS queries, which might result in a partial denial of service if the system becomes overloaded. This issue is based on the fact that the PowerDNS server parses all records present in a query regardless of whether they are needed or even legitimate. A specially crafted query containing a large number of records can be used to take advantage of that behaviour.
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service
Published 2018-09-11 13:29:01
Updated 2019-10-09 23:19:30
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Threat overview for CVE-2016-7068

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2016-7068
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2016-7068 2,719
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7068

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.89%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 81 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-7068

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
7.8
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
 nvd@nist.gov
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 nvd@nist.gov
5.3
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.9
1.4
 secalert@redhat.com

CWE ids for CVE-2016-7068

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-7068

Products affected by CVE-2016-7068

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