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A knot-resolver security update has been released for Fedora 32.



SECURITY: Fedora 32 Update: knot-resolver-5.1.1-1.fc32


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-bf68101ad3
2020-05-28 04:13:58.091808
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Name : knot-resolver
Product : Fedora 32
Version : 5.1.1
Release : 1.fc32
URL :   https://www.knot-resolver.cz/
Summary : Caching full DNS Resolver
Description :
The Knot Resolver is a DNSSEC-enabled caching full resolver implementation
written in C and LuaJIT, including both a resolver library and a daemon.
Modular architecture of the library keeps the core tiny and efficient, and
provides a state-machine like API for extensions.

The package is pre-configured as local caching resolver.
To start using it, start a single kresd instance:
$ systemctl start kresd@1.service

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Update Information:

- fixes CVE-2020-12667
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ChangeLog:

* Tue May 19 2020 Tomas Krizek - 5.1.1-1
- update to upstream version 5.1.1 (fixes CVE-2020-12667)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1839822 - CVE-2020-12667 knot-resolver: Traffic amplification triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records [fedora-all]
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1839822
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-bf68101ad3' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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