Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 477
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 477

Fedora 23: 2015-11-17 pdns Security Update Critical: DoS Threat

fedora
Calendar Grey November 17, 2015
Scroller Fedora
Improve Fedora 23 by applying the pdns update to rectify packet processing problems that could result in system instabilities.
- 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:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora critical DoS threat packet parsing pdns

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 .

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: pdns
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 3.4.7
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://www.powerdns.com/
Summary: A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update fedora critical DoS threat packet parsing pdns

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.