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Fedora 23: 2015-08-27 Critical Update for Zoneserver DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
An urgent security patch targeting a Denial-of-Service vulnerability within the zoneserver module of Maradns for Fedora.
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 update denial-of-service zoneserver Maradns

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-14034 2015-08-27 17:56:49.068923
Name : maradns Product : Fedora 23 Version : 2.0.12 Release : 1.fc23 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 23
Version: 2.0.12
Release: 1.fc23
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 update denial-of-service zoneserver Maradns

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