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Fedora 24: An Insight into the Security Updates for pdns 4.0.3

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The recent release of PowerDNS 4.0.3 for Fedora addresses numerous significant vulnerabilities. Refer to the release documentation for comprehensive upgrade instructions.
- Update to 4.0.3 - Security fix for CVE-2016-2120, CVE-2016-7068, CVE-2016-7072, CVE-2016-7073, CVE-2016-7074 Release notes 4.0.2: Release notes 4.0.3:

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 4.0.3 - Security fix for CVE-2016-2120, CVE-2016-7068, CVE-2016-7072, CVE-2016-7073, CVE-2016-7074 Release notes 4.0.2: Release notes 4.0.3:

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora DNS PowerDNS

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' 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
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 4.0.3
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.powerdns.com/
Summary: A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora DNS PowerDNS

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