Vulnerability Bulletins |
DSA-3763 pdns-recursor - security update |
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| Affected software | Debian |
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Florian Heinz and Martin Kluge reported that pdns-recursor, a recursiveDNS server, parses all records present in a query regardless of whetherthey are needed or even legitimate, allowing a remote, unauthenticatedattacker to cause an abnormal CPU usage load on the pdns server,resulting in a partial denial of service if the system becomesoverloaded. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3763 |
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