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Marek Vavruša and Lubos Slovak discovered that NSD, an authoritative domain name server, is not properly handling non-standard DNS packets. his can result in a NULL pointer dereference and crash the handling process. A remote attacker can abuse this flaw to perform denial of . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2515-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde July 19, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : nsd3 Vulnerability : null pointer dereference Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-2978 Marek Vavruša and Lubos Slovak discovered that NSD, an authoritative domain name server, is not properly handling non-standard DNS packets. his can result in a NULL pointer dereference and crash the handling process. A remote attacker can abuse this flaw to perform denial of service attacks. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.5-1.squeeze2. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.12-1. We recommend that you upgrade your nsd3 packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A recent NSD software patch has addressed a problem related to a NULL pointer and has mitigated possible denial of service threats affecting Debian platforms.. nsd update, debian security, dns issue, remote attack, service disruption. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 19, 2012
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