{"id":"CVE-2016-5427","details":"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.","modified":"2026-05-17T11:55:08.226307493Z","published":"2016-09-21T14:25:15.580Z","database_specific":{},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92917"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036761"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3664"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-01/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/commit/881b5b03a590198d03008e4200dd00cc537712f3"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}