openSUSE Security Update: Security update for pdns-recursor
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2020:0698-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1171553 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-10030 CVE-2020-10995 CVE-2020-12244
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.1
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues:

   - update to 4.1.16
     * fixes an issue where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN
       response lacking an SOA were not properly validated (CVE-2020-12244,
       boo#1171553)
     * fixes an issue where invalid hostname on the server can result in
       disclosure of invalid memory (CVE-2020-10030, boo#1171553)
     * fixes an issue in the DNS protocol has been found that allows
       malicious parties to use recursive DNS services to attack third party
       authoritative name servers (CVE-2020-10995, boo#1171553)

   For details see
   https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.1.html#change-4.1.16


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-698=1

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-698=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

      pdns-recursor-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1
      pdns-recursor-debuginfo-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1
      pdns-recursor-debugsource-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      pdns-recursor-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
      pdns-recursor-debuginfo-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1
      pdns-recursor-debugsource-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10030.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10995.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12244.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171553

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openSUSE: 2020:0698-1: moderate: pdns-recursor

May 23, 2020
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues: - update to 4.1.16 * fixes an issue where records in the answer section of a NXDOMAIN response lacking an SOA were not properly validated (CVE-2020-12244, boo#1171553) * fixes an issue where invalid hostname on the server can result in disclosure of invalid memory (CVE-2020-10030, boo#1171553) * fixes an issue in the DNS protocol has been found that allows malicious parties to use recursive DNS services to attack third party authoritative name servers (CVE-2020-10995, boo#1171553) For details see https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.1.html#change-4.1.16

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-698=1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-698=1


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64): pdns-recursor-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1 pdns-recursor-debuginfo-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1 pdns-recursor-debugsource-4.1.12-lp151.3.3.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): pdns-recursor-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1 pdns-recursor-debuginfo-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1 pdns-recursor-debugsource-4.1.12-bp151.4.3.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10030.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10995.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12244.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171553--


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0698-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1

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