MGASA-2014-0522

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0522.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0522.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2014-0522
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Published
2014-12-10T20:09:57Z
Modified
2014-12-10T20:02:09Z
Summary
Updated pdns-recursor packages fix CVE-2014-8601
Details

Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability:

PowerDNS Recursor before version 3.6.2, could be negatively impacted by specially configured, hard to resolve domain names. A remote attacker, by sending a query for such a domain name, could cause severe performance degradation in PowerDNS Recursor, causing a denial of service (CVE-2014-8601).

The pdns-recursor package has been updated to version 3.6.2, fixing this issue and several other bugs, as well as providing additional features.

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