{"cve":"CVE-2016-7073","nvd":{"published":"2018-09-11T13:29:01.057","modified":"2026-06-17T00:52:32.600","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7073","https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-04/","https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7073","https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-04/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","powerdns:authoritative","powerdns:recursor"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:14.491561039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-7073","score":0.01233,"percentile":0.69003,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}