MGASA-2015-0189

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    MGASA-2015-0189

    Published: 5 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1868

    Summary: Updated pdns & pdns-recursor packages fix CVE-2015-1868

    Details: Updated pdns and pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerability: A bug was discovered in the label decompression code in PowerDNS and PowerDNS Recursor, making it possible for names to refer to themselves, thus causing a loop during decompression. On some platforms, this bug can be abused to cause crashes. On all platforms, this bug can be abused to cause service-affecting CPU spikes (CVE-2015-1868). The pdns package has been updated to version 3.3.2 and the pdns-recursor package has been updated to version 3.6.3 to fix this issue and other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0189.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15754, http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/, http://blog.powerdns.com/2015/05/01/important-update-for-security-advisory-2015-01/, https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-authoritative-server-332, https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/#powerdns-recursor-363

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pdns

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.2-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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