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Fedora 24: Security Update for pdns-recursor - Critical DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2017
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The latest security patch for Fedora 24 resolves several vulnerabilities within pdns-recursor, improving overall system robustness.
Security fix for CVE-2016-2120, CVE-2016-7068, CVE-2016-7072, CVE-2016-7073, CVE-2016-7074

Summary

PowerDNS Recursor is a non authoritative/recursing DNS server. Use this

package if you need a dns cache for your network.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-2120, CVE-2016-7068, CVE-2016-7072, CVE-2016-7073, CVE-2016-7074

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1413517 - CVE-2016-2120 CVE-2016-7068 CVE-2016-7072 CVE-2016-7073 CVE-2016-7074 pdns: Multiple security vulnerabilities fixed in latest versions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413517

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade pdns-recursor' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: pdns-recursor
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 4.0.4
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.powerdns.com/
Summary: Modern, advanced and high performance recursing/non authoritative name server

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