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[SECURITY] [DSA 2515-1] nsd3 security update

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2515-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde
July 19, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : nsd3
Vulnerability : null pointer dereference
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-2978

Marek Vavrusa and Lubos Slovak discovered that NSD, an authoritative
domain name server, is not properly handling non-standard DNS packets.
his can result in a NULL pointer dereference and crash the handling
process. A remote attacker can abuse this flaw to perform denial of
service attacks.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.2.5-1.squeeze2.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.2.12-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nsd3 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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