Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1434-1 mydns -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
16 Dec 2007
Affected Packages:
mydns
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2362.
More information:

It was discovered that in MyDNS, a domain name server with database backend, the daemon could be crashed through malicious remote update requests, which may lead to denial of service.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.1.0-7etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your mydns packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.1.0-7etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.1.0-7etch1.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.1.0-7etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.1.0-7etch1_sparc.deb

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