Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Net::DNS Perl module, allowing for a Denial of Service and a cache poisoning attack.
Package | dev-perl/Net-DNS on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 0.60 |
Unaffected versions | >= 0.60 |
Net::DNS is a Perl implementation of a DNS resolver.
hjp discovered an error when handling DNS query IDs which make them partially predictable. Steffen Ullrich discovered an error in the dn_expand() function which could lead to an endless loop.
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS request to the server which could result in a Denial of Service with an infinite recursion, or perform a cache poisoning attack.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Net::DNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/Net-DNS-0.60"
Release date
August 11, 2007
Latest revision
August 11, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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