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Bug 554856

Summary: <net-dns/pdns-recursor-{3.6.4,3.7.3}: Label decompression bug in PowerDNS can cause crashes on specific platforms (incomplete CVE-2015-1868 fix)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: swegener
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242517
Whiteboard: B3 [noglsa]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 547706    

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2015-07-14 09:53:38 UTC
From ${URL} :

It was found that fix for CVE-2015-1868 was incomplete for PowerDNS:
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

Upstream released updated versions that fix this:
http://blog.powerdns.com/2015/06/09/authoritative-server-3-4-5-3-3-3-and-recursor-3-7-3-3-6-4-released/

Separate CVE has been assigned to this issue:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/85


@maintainer(s): since the fixed package is already in the tree, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Comment 1 Sven Wegener gentoo-dev 2015-08-07 19:20:34 UTC
3.7.3 and 3.6.4 are the stabilization candidates, please coordinate with bug #547706 which tracks the original security fix.
Comment 2 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2015-08-10 14:54:21 UTC
Arches, please test and mark stable:

=net-dns/pdns-recursor-3.6.4

Target Keywords : "amd64 x86"

Thank you!
Comment 3 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2015-08-16 23:08:38 UTC
amd64 stable
Comment 4 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2015-09-13 12:59:54 UTC
Ping on x86 stabilization.
Comment 5 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2015-10-16 08:09:51 UTC
x86 stable.

Maintainer(s), please cleanup.
Security, please vote.
Comment 6 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-10-31 14:51:52 UTC
GLSA Vote: No
Comment 7 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2015-11-02 22:37:45 UTC
GLSA Vote: No

Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version(s).
Comment 8 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2015-12-20 19:41:12 UTC
Maintainer(s), Thank you for cleanup.

Thank you all. Closing as [noglsa].