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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70704
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2385-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-2385-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-2385-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ray Morris discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative server responds to response packets. An attacker who can spoof the source address of IP packets can cause an endless packet loop between a PowerDNS authoritative server and another DNS server, leading to a denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.21.2-1+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.22-8+squeeze1.

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

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'pdns' package(s) on Debian 5, Debian 6.

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-2012-0206
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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