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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:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1637
BugTraq ID: 28517
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28517
Bugtraq: 20080331 Paper by Amit Klein (Trusteer): "PowerDNS Recursor DNS Cache Poisoning [pharming]" (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490330/100/0/threaded
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
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/PowerDNS_recursor_DNS_Cache_Poisoning.pdf
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/powerdnsrecursor.html
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
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:012 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1046/references
XForce ISS Database: powerdns-dnscache-weak-security(41534)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41534
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