avahi: assertion failure after receiving a packet with corrupted checksum

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure and daemon exit via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2244

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure and daemon exit via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability...

DNSSEC Ceremony Generates Master Root Key

The dream of bolting security onto the Internet’s Domain Name System takes one step closer to reality as Internet policymakers hosted a ceremony in northern Virginia to generate and store the first cryptographic key that will be used to secure the Internet’s root zone. Read the full article...

squid: temporary DoS (assertion failure) triggered by truncated DNS packet (SQUID-2010:1)

lib/rfc1035.c in Squid 2.x, 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE22, and 3.1 through 3.1.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure via a crafted DNS packet that only contains a header...

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1581

The Apache HTTP Server 2.0.44, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files via an HTTP request in conjunction with a crafted DNS response, as demonstrated by injecting XSS sequences, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0308

lib/rfc1035.c in Squid 2.x, 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE22, and 3.1 through 3.1.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure via a crafted DNS packet that only contains a header...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0464

Roundcube 0.3.1 and earlier does not request that the web browser avoid DNS prefetching of domain names contained in e-mail messages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine the network location of the webmail user by logging DNS requests...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0290

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P5, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P2, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P3, and 9.7.0 beta, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled CD, allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive client query a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: bind-9.6.1-9.P3.fc11

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

BIND DNSSEC NSEC/NSEC3 validation code could cause bogus NXDOMAIN responses

ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P5, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P2, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P3, and 9.7.0 beta does not properly validate DNSSEC 1 NSEC and 2 NSEC3 records, which allows remote attackers to add the Authenticated Data AD flag to a forged NXDOMAIN response for an existing domain...

FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-10:01.bind.asc)

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-10:01.bind.asc ADV FreeBSD-SA-10:01.bind.asc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from ADV FreeBSD-SA-10:01.bind.asc Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2010 E-Soft...

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4010

Unspecified vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to spoof DNS data via crafted zones...

bind: cache poisoning using not validated DNSSEC responses

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P4, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P1, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P2, and 9.7 beta before 9.7.0b3, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled CD, allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive...

[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: bind-9.6.1-13.P2.fc12

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4022

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P4, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P1, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P2, and 9.7 beta before 9.7.0b3, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled CD, allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive...

[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: bind-9.5.1-3.P3.fc10

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: bind-9.6.1-4.P1.fc11

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0696

The dnsdbfindrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service assertion failure and daemon exit via an ANY record in the prerequisite section o...

FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-09:12.bind.asc)

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:12.bind.asc ADV FreeBSD-SA-09:12.bind.asc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from ADV FreeBSD-SA-09:12.bind.asc Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1831-1 (djbdns)

The remote host is missing an update to djbdns announced via advisory DSA 1831-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb18311.nasl 6615 2017-07-07 12:09:52Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1831-1 djbdns Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft Inc...