Mageia 9: MGASA-2025-0254 Bind Important Resource Exhaustion CVE-2025-8677
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November 1, 2025
MGASA-2025-0254 - Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities
Summary
Description:
Resource exhaustion via malformed DNSKEY handling (CVE-2025-8677).
Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs (CVE-2025-40778).
Cache poisoning due to weak PRNG (CVE-2025-40780).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34696
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/22/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8677
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40778
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40780
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/bind-9.18.39-1.1.mga9
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Publication date: 31 Oct 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0254.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-8677,
CVE-2025-40778,
CVE-2025-40780
Topics Covered
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