debian · CVE-2016-5427

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:59:18 GMT

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CVE-2016-5427 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pdns), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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