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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-33">
  <title>PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PowerDNS Recursor, the
    worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pdns-recursor</product>
  <announced>2014-12-22</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-12-22</revised>
  <bug>299942</bug>
  <bug>404377</bug>
  <bug>514946</bug>
  <bug>531992</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-dns/pdns-recursor" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.6.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.6.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>PowerDNS Recursor is a high-end, high-performance resolving name server</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PowerDNS Recursor.
      Please review the CVE identifiers and PowerDNS blog post referenced below
      for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker may be able to send specially crafted packets,
      possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service
      condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof DNS data.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All PowerDNS Recursor users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dns/pdns-recursor-3.6.1-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4009">CVE-2009-4009</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4010">CVE-2009-4010</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1193">CVE-2012-1193</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8601">CVE-2014-8601</uri>
    <uri link="https://blog.powerdns.com/2014/02/06/related-to-recent-dos-attacks-recursor-configuration-file-guidance/">
      Related to recent DoS attacks: Recursor configuration file guidance
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:24Z">craig</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-22T21:55:57Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>