Package : pdns Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3337
Brian Dowling discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative name server does not respond to DNS queries which contain certain characters, increasing the risk of successful DNS spoofing (CVE-2008-3337). This update changes PowerDNS to respond with SERVFAIL responses instead.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.20-8+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.21.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pdns package.
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 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------