A pdns-recursor security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4.

openSUSE-SU-2022:10171-1: important: Security update for pdns-recursor

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for pdns-recursor
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:10171-1
Rating: important
References: #1202664
Cross-References: CVE-2022-37428
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-37428 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-37428 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues:

pdns-recursor was updated to 4.6.3:

* fixes incomplete exception handling related to protobuf message
generation (boo#1202664, CVE-2022-37428)

pdns-recursor was updated to 4.6.2:

* Reject non-apex NSEC(3)s that have both the NS and SOA bits set
* A CNAME answer on DS query should abort DS retrieval
* Allow disabling of processing the root hints
* If we get NODATA on an AAAA in followCNAMERecords, try native dns64

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-10171=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):

pdns-recursor-4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1
pdns-recursor-debuginfo-4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1
pdns-recursor-debugsource-4.6.3-bp154.2.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37428.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202664