{"id":"MGASA-2014-0272","summary":"Updated pdns & pdns-recursor packages fix a denial of service vulnerability","details":"Updated pdns and pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nPowerDNS recursor is vulnerable to a denial of service due to a bug that\ncauses it to exhaust the maximum number of file descriptors that are\navailable  to a process.\n\nThe pdns and pdns-recursor packages have been patched to fix this issue.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:29:02.419029Z","published":"2014-06-20T19:48:03Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/02/06/related-to-recent-dos-attacks-recursor-configuration-file-guidance/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128851.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13521"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pdns","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1-1.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pdns-recursor","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns-recursor?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.1-1.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pdns","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pdns-recursor","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/pdns-recursor?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.3-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0272.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}