MGASA-2014-0272

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2014-0272
Published
2014-06-20T19:48:03Z
Modified
2026-04-16T04:29:02.419029Z
Summary
Updated pdns & pdns-recursor packages fix a denial of service vulnerability
Details

Updated pdns and pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerability:

PowerDNS recursor is vulnerable to a denial of service due to a bug that causes it to exhaust the maximum number of file descriptors that are available to a process.

The pdns and pdns-recursor packages have been patched to fix this issue.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:3 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.1-1.2.mga3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"

Mageia:3 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns-recursor?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.1-1.1.mga3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"

Mageia:4 / pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.1-2.1.mga4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"

Mageia:4 / pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns-recursor?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.3-2.1.mga4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"