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title: "CVE-2016-7069\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7069?format=md
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# CVE-2016-7069

Publication date 11 September 2018

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7069?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue has been found in dnsdist before 1.2.0 in the way EDNS0 OPT
records are handled when parsing responses from a backend. When dnsdist is
configured to add EDNS Client Subnet to a query, the response may contain
an EDNS0 OPT record that has to be removed before forwarding the response
to the initial client. On a 32-bit system, the pointer arithmetic used when
parsing the received response to remove that record might trigger an
undefined behavior leading to a crash.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dnsdist | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7069)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7069)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-7069)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7069)

### Other references

* <https://dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2017-01.html>
* <https://downloads.powerdns.com/patches/2017-01>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7069>