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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200601-16 ] MyDNS: Denial of Service
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:07:31
Message-Id: 200601302230.47446.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-16
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: MyDNS: Denial of Service
9 Date: January 30, 2006
10 Bugs: #119548
11 ID: 200601-16
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15 Synopsis
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18 MyDNS contains a vulnerability that may lead to a Denial of Service
19 attack.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 MyDNS is a DNS server using a MySQL database as a backend. It is
25 designed to allow for fast updates and small resource usage.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-dns/mydns < 1.1.0 >= 1.1.0
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35 Description
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38 MyDNS contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a remote Denial of
39 Service.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending malformed DNS
45 queries to the MyDNS server.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All MyDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/mydns-1.1.0"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0351
64 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0351
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-16.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0