Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60822
Category:	Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-22 (pdns-recursor)
Summary:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-22 (pdns-recursor)
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200804-22. Use of insufficient randomness in PowerDNS Recursor might lead to DNS cache poisoning. Solution: All PowerDNS Recursor users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/pdns-recursor-3.1.5' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200804-22 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215567
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1637 Bugtraq: 20080331 Paper by Amit Klein (Trusteer): "PowerDNS Recursor DNS Cache Poisoning [pharming]" (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490330/100/0/threaded http://www.trusteer.com/docs/PowerDNS_recursor_DNS_Cache_Poisoning.pdf http://www.trusteer.com/docs/powerdnsrecursor.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1544 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1544 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00198.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00224.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-22.xml SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:012 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html BugTraq ID: 28517 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28517 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1046/references http://secunia.com/advisories/29584 http://secunia.com/advisories/29737 http://secunia.com/advisories/29764 http://secunia.com/advisories/29830 http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 XForce ISS Database: powerdns-dnscache-weak-security(41534) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41534
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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