CVE-2016-7073
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue has been found in PowerDNS before 3.4.11 and 4.0.2, and PowerDNS recursor before 4.0.4, allowing an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of an AXFR because of insufficient validation of TSIG signatures. A missing check of the TSIG time and fudge values was found in AXFRRetriever, leading to a possible replay attack.
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affected products (8)
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references (9)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7073cnnvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-04/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7073enisa_euvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-04/enisa_euvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7073Issue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-04/Vendor Advisorynvd
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