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Fedora 21: FEDORA-2015-14033 Critical: Maradns DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Announcement Alert FEDORA-2015-14034 addresses a critical Denial-of-Service vulnerability in the maradns zoneserver module.
This update fixes Denial-of-Service vulnerability in ”zoneserver” component

Summary

MaraDNS is a package that implements the Domain Name Service (DNS), an

essential internet service. MaraDNS has the following advantages:

* Secure.

* Supported.

* Easy to use.

* Small.

* Open Source.

Update Information:

This update fixes Denial-of-Service vulnerability in ”zoneserver” component. By making the zoneserver daemon free an invalid memory location, it was possible to terminate the zoneserver process. It is not known whether or not this bug is remotely exploitable. More details: https://samiam.org/blog/2015-08-19.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical denial-of-service maradns zoneserver

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-14033 2015-08-27 19:40:20.010620
Name : maradns Product : Fedora 21 Version : 2.0.12 Release : 1.fc21 URL : https://maradns.samiam.org/ Summary : Authoritative and recursive DNS server made with security in mind Description : MaraDNS is a package that implements the Domain Name Service (DNS), an essential internet service. MaraDNS has the following advantages: * Secure. * Supported. * Easy to use. * Small. * Open Source.

Update Instructions

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

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Name: maradns
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 2.0.12
Release: 1.fc21
URL: https://maradns.samiam.org/
Summary: Authoritative and recursive DNS server made with security in mind

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical denial-of-service maradns zoneserver

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