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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1211-1 (pdns)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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The remote host is missing an update to pdns announced via advisory DSA 1211-1. 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

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1211_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1211-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "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.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.4-1 of pdns-recursor.

We recommend that you upgrade your PowerDNS packages.

 https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201211-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to pdns
announced via advisory DSA 1211-1.

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.";


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#
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include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-doc", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-geo", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-ldap", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-mysql", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-pgsql", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-pipe", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-sqlite", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-recursor", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-server", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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07 Jul 2017 00:00Current
0.8Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.8
EPSS0.08437
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