[ GLSA 200502-15 ] PowerDNS: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:54:49 +0100
From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@gentoo.org.>
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Subject: [ GLSA 200502-15 ] PowerDNS: Denial of Service vulnerability
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-15
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PowerDNS: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: February 13, 2005
Bugs: #80713
ID: 200502-15
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in PowerDNS could lead to a temporary Denial of
Service.
Background
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The PowerDNS Nameserver is an authoritative-only nameserver which uses
a flexible backend architecture.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/pdns < 2.9.17 >= 2.9.17
Description
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A vulnerability has been reported in the DNSPacket::expand method of
dnspacket.cc.
Impact
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An attacker could cause a temporary Denial of Service by sending a
random stream of bytes to the PowerDNS Daemon.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All PowerDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/pdns-2.9.17"
References
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[ 1 ] PowerDNS Release Notes
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-17
[ 2 ] PowerDNS Ticket #21
http://ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/cvstrac/pdns/tktview?tn=21
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-15.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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