{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-5427", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . (dot) inside labels, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend CPU consumption) via a crafted DNS query." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3" }, { "name": "1036761", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761" }, { "name": "DSA-3664", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664" }, { "name": "92917", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160909 PowerDNS Security Advisory 2016-01: Crafted queries can cause unexpected backend load", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3" }, { "name": "https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/" } ] } }