Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for perl-Net-DNS. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to poison the DNS cache or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for perl-Net-DNS
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26014
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26014/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for perl-Net-DNS. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to poison the DNS cache or
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA25829
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandriva Linux 2007
92d215a4965bb8d944c030cf1dd73a11
2007.0/i586/perl-Net-DNS-0.58-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
06c1dd9d596004e261a9706060a4c167
2007.0/SRPMS/perl-Net-DNS-0.58-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64
34bc7cfb39bd239dea991559a05f66b7
2007.0/x86_64/perl-Net-DNS-0.58-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
06c1dd9d596004e261a9706060a4c167
2007.0/SRPMS/perl-Net-DNS-0.58-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25829:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25829/
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