Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0522
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0522)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pdns-recursor' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0522 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pdns-recursor' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0522 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability: PowerDNS Recursor before version 3.6.2, could be negatively impacted by specially configured, hard to resolve domain names. A remote attacker, by sending a query for such a domain name, could cause severe performance degradation in PowerDNS Recursor, causing a denial of service (CVE-2014-8601). The pdns-recursor package has been updated to version 3.6.2, fixing this issue and several other bugs, as well as providing additional features. Affected Software/OS: 'pdns-recursor' package(s) on Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8601 BugTraq ID: 71545 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71545 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#264212 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212 Debian Security Information: DSA-3096 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096 http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031310
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