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Fedora 22: 2015-14032 Critical: Zoneserver DoS Impacting MaraDNS

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This patch resolves a service interruption vulnerability found in the zoneserver module of Fedora 22's MaraDNS software.
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

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-14032 2015-08-27 17:52:04.306247
Name : maradns Product : Fedora 22 Version : 2.0.12 Release : 1.fc22 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 22
Version: 2.0.12
Release: 1.fc22
Summary: Authoritative and recursive DNS server made with security in mind

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