DSA-1445-1 maradns -- programming error

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-0061  

Michael Krieger and Sam Trenholme discovered a programming error in MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server, which might lead to denial of service through malformed DNS packets. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.27-2. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12.04-1etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12.08-1. We recommend that you upgrade your maradns package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1445-1 maradns -- programming error

Date Reported:
03 Jan 2008
Affected Packages:
maradns
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0061.
More information:

Michael Krieger and Sam Trenholme discovered a programming error in MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server, which might lead to denial of service through malformed DNS packets.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.27-2.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12.04-1etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12.08-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your maradns package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_m68k.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.