<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201412-33"> <title>PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PowerDNS Recursor, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">pdns-recursor</product> <announced>2014-12-22</announced> <revised count="1">2014-12-22</revised> <bug>299942</bug> <bug>404377</bug> <bug>514946</bug> <bug>531992</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-dns/pdns-recursor" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.6.1-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.6.1-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>PowerDNS Recursor is a high-end, high-performance resolving name server</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PowerDNS Recursor. Please review the CVE identifiers and PowerDNS blog post referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A remote attacker may be able to send specially crafted packets, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof DNS data. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All PowerDNS Recursor users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/pdns-recursor-3.6.1-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4009">CVE-2009-4009</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4010">CVE-2009-4010</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1193">CVE-2012-1193</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8601">CVE-2014-8601</uri> <uri link="https://blog.powerdns.com/2014/02/06/related-to-recent-dos-attacks-recursor-configuration-file-guidance/"> Related to recent DoS attacks: Recursor configuration file guidance </uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:24Z">craig</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-22T21:55:57Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>