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Gentoo: GLSA-200601-16 Normal: MyDNS Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical flaw in MyDNS causes Denial of Service disruption. Gentoo Linux users must upgrade. Refer to Security Advisory GLSA 202301-12.
MyDNS contains a vulnerability that may lead to a Denial of Service attack.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-16 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MyDNS: Denial of Service Date: January 30, 2006 Bugs: #119548 ID: 200601-16

Synopsis ======= MyDNS contains a vulnerability that may lead to a Denial of Service attack.
Background ========= MyDNS is a DNS server using a MySQL database as a backend. It is designed to allow for fast updates and small resource usage.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dns/mydns < 1.1.0 >= 1.1.0
========== MyDNS contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a remote Denial of Service.
Impact ===== An attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending m...

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