GLSA 200601-16: MyDNS: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	MyDNS: Denial of Service
Date:	01/30/2006
Bugs:	#119548
ID:	200601-16

Synopsis

MyDNS contains a vulnerability that may lead to a Denial of Service attack.

Background

MyDNS is a DNS server using a MySQL database as a backend. It is designed to allow for fast updates and small resource usage.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/mydns	< 1.1.0	>= 1.1.0	All supported architectures

Description

MyDNS contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a remote Denial of Service.

Impact

An attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending malformed DNS queries to the MyDNS server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MyDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/mydns-1.1.0"

References

CVE-2006-0351

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.