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A vulnerability in PowerDNS could lead to a temporary Denial of Service.
| Package | net-dns/pdns on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.9.17 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.9.17 |
The PowerDNS Nameserver is an authoritative-only nameserver which uses a flexible backend architecture.
A vulnerability has been reported in the DNSPacket::expand method of dnspacket.cc.
An attacker could cause a temporary Denial of Service by sending a random stream of bytes to the PowerDNS Daemon.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All PowerDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/pdns-2.9.17"
Release date
February 13, 2005
Latest revision
May 22, 2006: 02
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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