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TITLE:
Perl Net::DNS Module DNS Response Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29343

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29343/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Net::DNS 0.x (module for Perl)
http://secunia.com/product/14649/

DESCRIPTION:
Beyond Security has reported a vulnerability in the Net::DNS Perl
module, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain
malformed DNS responses. This can be exploited to e.g. crash
applications relying on Net::DNS by replying to DNS queries with a
specially crafted DNS response.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.60 build 654. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.63.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Beyond Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30316
http://search.cpan.org/src/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.63/Changes

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