Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in DNSSEC-Tools, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
DNSSEC-Tools libval Validation Algorithm Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29127
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29127/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
DNSSEC-Tools 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/17801/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in DNSSEC-Tools, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to an error within the libval
library when verifying data using an invalid trust anchor, and can be
exploited to circumvent DNSSEC checks.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.3.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.3.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=121671&package_id=151679&release_id=576961
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://dnssec-tools.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dnssec-tools?view=rev&revision=3872
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