CVE-2016-7072 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-7072 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 10/09/2018 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: Open-Xchange | Product: pdns
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-7072 Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2 allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by opening a large number of TCP connections to the web server. If the web server runs out of file descriptors, it triggers an exception and terminates the whole PowerDNS process. While it\'s more complicated for an unauthorized attacker to make the web server run out of file descriptors since its connection will be closed just after being accepted, it might still be possible.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-20
CWE Name: CWE-20
Source: Open-Xchange

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).