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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703764
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3764-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-3764-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-3764-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in pdns, an authoritative DNS server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2016-2120

Mathieu Lafon discovered that pdns does not properly validate records in zones. An authorized user can take advantage of this flaw to crash server by inserting a specially crafted record in a zone under their control and then sending a DNS query for that record.

CVE-2016-7068

Florian Heinz and Martin Kluge reported that pdns parses all records present in a query regardless of whether they are needed or even legitimate, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause an abnormal CPU usage load on the pdns server, resulting in a partial denial of service if the system becomes overloaded.

CVE-2016-7072

Mongo discovered that the webserver in pdns is susceptible to a denial-of-service vulnerability, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by opening a large number of TCP connections to the web server.

CVE-2016-7073 / CVE-2016-7074 Mongo discovered that pdns does not sufficiently validate TSIG signatures, allowing an attacker in position of man-in-the-middle to alter the content of an AXFR.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.1-4+deb8u7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'pdns' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2120
Debian Security Information: DSA-3764 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7068
Debian Security Information: DSA-3763 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3763
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7072
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7073
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7074
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