39842 : MaraDNS CNAME Record Resource Rotation DoS
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Disclosure Date
2008-01-04

Description

MaraDNS contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to handling of certain DNS packets that will cause a resource rotation, and will result in loss of availability as an authoritative CNAME record will not resolve.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.41, 1.2.12.08, or 1.3.07.04 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-0061 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 28329 28334 28650
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2008/msg00002.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-16.xml
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://maradns.blogspot.com/2007/08/maradns-update-all-versions.html
http://www.maradns.org/changelog.html

Tools & Filters

	29839

Credit

Michael Krieger -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-01-04 | Disagree?

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