openSUSE Security Update: Security update for pdns ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2116-1 Rating: moderate References: #987872 Cross-References: CVE-2016-6172 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for pdns fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-6172: malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries through large transfers (boo#987872)
As mitigation, the xfr-max-received-mbytes config option was added, defaulting to to 100 (MB).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1004=1
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1004=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
pdns-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-ldap-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-lua-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-mydns-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-mysql-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-postgresql-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-sqlite3-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-debuginfo-3.4.6-3.1 pdns-debugsource-3.4.6-3.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
pdns-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-ldap-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-lua-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-mydns-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-mysql-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-postgresql-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-sqlite3-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.6.1 pdns-debugsource-3.3.1-2.6.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6172.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/987872