Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1319-1 maradns -- memory leaks

Date Reported:
23 Jun 2007
Affected Packages:
maradns
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-3114, CVE-2007-3115, CVE-2007-3116.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-3114

    It was discovered that malformed DNS requests can trigger memory leaks, allowing denial of service.

  • CVE-2007-3115

    It was discovered that malformed DNS requests can trigger memory leaks, allowing denial of service.

  • CVE-2007-3116

    It was discovered that malformed DNS requests can trigger memory leaks, allowing denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by these problems.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.12.04-1etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.12.06-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your maradns packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_ia64.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/maradns/maradns_1.2.12.04-1etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.