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Debian: DSA-2386-1 Important: OpenSSL Security Update Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2012
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A recent PowerDNS security patch resolves a critical packet looping flaw that could permit denial of service exploits. Users are urged to update promptly.
Ray Morris discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative sever responds to response packets

Summary

Ray Morris discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative sever responds
to response packets. An attacker who can spoof the source address of
IP packets can cause an endless packet loop between a PowerDNS
authoritative server and another DNS server, leading to a denial of
service.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.21.2-1+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.22-8+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: pdns
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0206

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