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Debian DSA-1211-1 : pdns - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 23660

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that malformed TCP packets may lead to denial of service and possibly the execution of arbitrary code if the PowerDNS nameserver acts as a recursive nameserver.

Solution

Upgrade the PowerDNS packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.17-13sarge3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.4-1 of pdns-recursor.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1211

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23660

File Name: debian_DSA-1211.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdns, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4251

DSA: 1211