- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1628-1                  security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           Florian Weimer
August 10, 2008                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : pdns
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2008-3337

Brian Dowling discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative name server
does not respond to DNS queries which contain certain characters,
increasing the risk of successful DNS spoofing (CVE-2008-3337).  This
update changes PowerDNS to respond with SERVFAIL responses instead.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 
2.9.20-8+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.21.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New PowerDNS packages reduce DNS spoofing risk

August 10, 2008
Brian Dowling discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative name server does not respond to DNS queries which contain certain characters, increasing the risk of successful DNS spoof...

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