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Fedora 21: Update for pdns to Address DoS Vulnerability CVE-2015-5311

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The security bulletin for Fedora 21 announces an update for pdns, introducing a critical correction that resolves issues related to packet parsing vulnerabilities.
- Update to 3.4.7 - CVE-2015-5311 Release notes:

Summary

The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance

authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms

to all relevant DNS standards documents.

Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database.

Update Information:

- Update to 3.4.7 - CVE-2015-5311 Release notes:

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS fix packet parsing pdns update

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1279377 - CVE-2015-5311 pdns: packet parsing bug can lead to crashes (DoS) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279377

Update Instructions

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

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Name: pdns
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 3.4.7
Release: 1.fc21
URL: https://www.powerdns.com/
Summary: A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS fix packet parsing pdns update

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