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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201111-06.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201111-06">
<title>MaraDNS: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in MaraDNS allows remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">MaraDNS</product>
<announced>November 20, 2011</announced>
<revised>November 20, 2011: 1</revised>
<bug>352569</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-dns/maradns" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.4.06</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.06</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>MaraDNS is a proxy DNS server with permanent caching.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A long DNS hostname with a large number of labels could trigger a buffer
overflow in the compress_add_dlabel_points() function of dns/Compress.c.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>A remote unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause
a Denial of Service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All MaraDNS users should upgrade to the latest stable version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dns/maradns-1.4.06"
</code>
<p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
available since February 12, 2011. It is likely that your system is
already no longer affected by this issue.
</p>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0520">CVE-2011-0520</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:03 +0000" tag="requester">
underling
</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:56:41 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>