Debian Security Advisory
DSA-963-1 mydns -- missing input sanitising
- Date Reported:
- 02 Feb 2006
- Affected Packages:
- mydns
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 348826.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 16431.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-0351. - More information:
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NISCC reported that MyDNS, a DNS server using an SQL database for data storage, can be tricked into an infinite loop by a remote attacker and hence cause a denial of service condition.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain mydns packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0-4sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0+pre-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your mydns package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.0.0-4sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.0.0-4sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns_1.0.0-4sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-common_1.0.0-4sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-mysql_1.0.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mydns/mydns-pgsql_1.0.0-4sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.