Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0092 (maradns)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0092: Updated maradns packages fix a security vulnerability 
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Thu, 5 Mar 2015 20:34:38 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0092 - Updated maradns packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Mar 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0092.html

Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4

Description:
maradns versions prior to 1.4.16 are vulnerable to a DoS-vulnerability 
through which a malicious authorative DNS-server can cause an infinite 
chain of referrals.

For further details on the vulnerability, see references

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15206

- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212


SRPMS:
- 4/core/maradns-1.4.16-1.1.mga4