Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1434-1 mydns -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 16 Dec 2007
- Affected Packages:
- mydns
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2362.
- More information:
-
It was discovered that in MyDNS, a domain name server with database backend, the daemon could be crashed through malicious remote update requests, which may lead to denial of service.
The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.1.0-7etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your mydns packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.1.0-7etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.1.0-7etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.1.0-7etch1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.