Package : pdns Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-4251
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.
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.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------