metadata/glsa/glsa-200601-16.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200601-16">
  <title>MyDNS: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>
    MyDNS contains a vulnerability that may lead to a Denial of Service attack.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">MyDNS</product>
  <announced>January 30, 2006</announced>
  <revised>January 30, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>119548</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-dns/mydns" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    MyDNS is a DNS server using a MySQL database as a backend. It is
    designed to allow for fast updates and small resource usage.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    MyDNS contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a remote Denial
    of Service.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending malformed
    DNS queries to the MyDNS server.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All MyDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-dns/mydns-1.1.0&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0351">CVE-2006-0351</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:31:44 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:37:45 +0000">
    frilled
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:29:58 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
</glsa>