Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2008.1628
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1628-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-1628-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-1628-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Brian Dowling discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative name server does not respond to DNS queries which contain certain characters, increasing the risk of successful DNS spoofing (CVE-2008-3337). This update changes PowerDNS to respond with SERVFAIL responses instead. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.20-8+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.21.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your pdns package. Affected Software/OS: 'pdns' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3337 BugTraq ID: 30587 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30587 Debian Security Information: DSA-1628 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1628 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00109.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00140.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-19.xml http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-users/2008-August/005646.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31401 http://secunia.com/advisories/31407 http://secunia.com/advisories/31448 http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 http://secunia.com/advisories/33264 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:017 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2320 XForce ISS Database: powerdns-query-weak-security(44253) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44253
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