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Debian: DSA-5633-1 Severe Threat: Knot Resolver Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2024
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5633-1 addresses a vulnerability in Knot Resolver that may cause DoS due to malformed DNSSEC records, urging users to apply patches
It was discovered that malformed DNSSEC records within a DNS zone could result in denial of service against Knot Resolver, a caching, DNSSEC- validating DNS resolver

Summary

It was discovered that malformed DNSSEC records within a DNS zone could
result in denial of service against Knot Resolver, a caching, DNSSEC-
validating DNS resolver.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.6.0-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your knot-resolver packages.

For the detailed security status of knot-resolver please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/knot-resolver

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



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Package: knot-resolver
CVE ID: CVE-2023-46317 CVE-2023-50387 CVE-2023-50868

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