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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-5191
2009-05-19 23:55:54
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Name        : nsd
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 3.2.2
Release     : 2.fc10
URL         : https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/
Summary     : Fast and lean authoritative DNS Name Server
Description :
NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS name server.
For further information about what NSD is and what NSD is not please
consult the REQUIREMENTS document which is a part of this distribution
(thanks to Olaf).

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Update Information:

Security release.    A one-byte overflow bug allows a carefully crafted exploit
to bring down your DNS server. It is highly unlikely that this one byte overflow
can lead to other (system) exploits.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May 18 2009 Paul Wouters  - 3.2.2-2
- Bump version
* Mon May 18 2009 Paul Wouters  - 3.2.2-1
- Upgraded to 3.2.2 security release
  - Removed obsoleted options --enable-plugins --enable-mmap
* Fri Apr 10 2009 Paul Wouters  - 3.2.1-1
- updated to 3.2.1
- fixed /dev/nul which cause a file \%1 to be written by cron
- merged in Ville Mattila's patches for nsd initscript and sysconfig
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update nsd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 10 Update: nsd-3.2.2-2.fc10

May 19, 2009
Security release

Summary

NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS name server.

For further information about what NSD is and what NSD is not please

consult the REQUIREMENTS document which is a part of this distribution

(thanks to Olaf).

Update Information:

Security release. A one-byte overflow bug allows a carefully crafted exploit to bring down your DNS server. It is highly unlikely that this one byte overflow can lead to other (system) exploits.

Change Log

* Mon May 18 2009 Paul Wouters - 3.2.2-2 - Bump version * Mon May 18 2009 Paul Wouters - 3.2.2-1 - Upgraded to 3.2.2 security release - Removed obsoleted options --enable-plugins --enable-mmap * Fri Apr 10 2009 Paul Wouters - 3.2.1-1 - updated to 3.2.1 - fixed /dev/nul which cause a file \%1 to be written by cron - merged in Ville Mattila's patches for nsd initscript and sysconfig

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-5191 2009-05-19 23:55:54 Name : nsd Product : Fedora 10 Version : 3.2.2 Release : 2.fc10 URL : https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/ Summary : Fast and lean authoritative DNS Name Server Description : NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS name server. For further information about what NSD is and what NSD is not please consult the REQUIREMENTS document which is a part of this distribution (thanks to Olaf).

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update nsd' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : nsd
Product : Fedora 10
Version : 3.2.2
Release : 2.fc10
URL : https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/about/
Summary : Fast and lean authoritative DNS Name Server

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