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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0004 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New maradns packages fix denial of service
4 January 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: maradns
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0061
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1445
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running maradns check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1445-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 03, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : maradns
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0061
Michael Krieger and Sam Trenholme discovered a programming error in
MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server, which
might to denial of service through malformed DNS packets.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.12.04-1etch2.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0.27-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.12.08-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your maradns package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian 3.1 (oldstable)
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Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 568 b211f2c8bb6f589b68e470dd3cbb7bf7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 706012 5fd4a3e8024a0a7561f09e3ff3955cf2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 13750 5eec451105342d404680363cc55304d4
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 334558 e9504463d1aeb92f2a9850f06731d37d
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 293844 0ae412e1fc143990be4c10c7c3ef27db
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 279548 f73c92834aa322530dd7ac8a5b7987b8
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 301566 7cd905a3e7c890b691e60acf8a4ad179
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 280286 fc8b498709e17b015e6f5d2daa7044ec
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 359728 adac044edb5a2062fd7e23f765c2b426
m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 263496 6b0aca240a56ecd34b41136a07d99723
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 304440 72a10d56ada559dac2ef3d7d8ef5ba37
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 304524 7c7d31805416f4151e65c554e40bd5d5
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 290008 6be1203722742a5f04543e0b414b5fa1
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 288736 6d1f00a6dfffef9b48786b5d1f2dda86
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.0.27-2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 277652 3aed2b89373691601c8e6daa88ea2758
Debian 4.0 (stable)
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1323244 032465dca4842731ab78edb065d0caed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 503 024c6dfc89a28dd7113b10eadad124fa
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 550836 6fcf2d7f2652c098688d35e40a901b49
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 500544 2ca8d84ecc72ace553ab24b99ebb90e9
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 477186 2b6ba5db9a98ffdc38352d0a1b3cff84
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 522826 f6a32d023392e55de5358fb6b98643e4
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 471410 7083cec7888c69efee3440ce59417dd8
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 661664 be8d5c96b8400c17e7624bf754fdd5b4
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 528270 8eab540505b58fdb2c2f3dc72d284a14
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 529546 b72a7386b2ede6c4cfeb083ae43e5a4e
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 487420 03cc439b6fdfc8dd222aba274ef4d539
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 499454 cf0db50276a245147f57a0c556900a56
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 462932 8d32c8dc463c073a9c5621e6b98ac125
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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