Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1542-1 dnsruby -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

11 Oct 2018

Affected Packages:

dnsruby

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 908887.

More information:

dnsruby is a feature-complete DNS(SEC) client for Ruby. It ships the DNS Root Key Signing Key (KSK), used as trust anchor to validate the authenticity of DNS records. This update includes the latest KSK (KSK-2017), that will be used by ICANN to sign the Root Zone today, 11 October 2018.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1.54-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dnsruby packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS