GLSA-201202-04 : PowerDNS: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58100

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201202-04 (PowerDNS: Denial of Service)

A vulnerability has been found in PowerDNS which could cause a packet loop of DNS responses.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS response packets, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

PowerDNS users can set 'cache-ttl=0' in /etc/powerdns/pdns.conf and then restart the PowerDNS daemon:
# /etc/init.d/pdns restart Please review the PowerDNS Security Advisory below for more workaround details.

Solution

All PowerDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/pdns-3.0.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58100

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201202-04.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/23/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pdns, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0206

BID: 51355

GLSA: 201202-04

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