1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200502-15 / PowerDNS |
| Release Date | February 13, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-dns/pdns | < 2.9.17 | >= 2.9.17 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #80713
A vulnerability in PowerDNS could lead to a temporary Denial of Service.
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:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/pdns-2.9.17" |