PS, Alpine users, you need to get patching, too – for other reasons
Systemd, the Linux world's favorite init monolith, can be potentially crashed or hijacked by malicious DNS servers. Patches are available to address the security flaw, and should be installed ASAP if you're affected. Looking up a hostname from a vulnerable Systemd-powered PC, handheld, gizmo or server can be enough to trigger an attack by an evil DNS service: the software's resolved component can be fooled into allocating too little memory for a lookup response, and when a large reply is eventua...