Bug 1627365 (CVE-2016-7068)

Summary: CVE-2016-7068 pdns: Crafted queries can cause abnormal CPU usage
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-09-10 15:29:56 UTC 
An issue has been found in PowerDNS 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.

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https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-02/