R-229: Vulnerability in Windows DNS RPC Interface (935966)

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R-229: Vulnerability in Windows DNS RPC Interface (935966)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service in all supported server versions of Windows that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system. The risk is HIGH. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service in all supported server versions of Windows that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system.

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avahi-dnsconfd.action

avahi-dnsconfd.action(8)				      System Manager's Manual					  avahi-dnsconfd.action(8)

NAME

       avahi-dnsconfd.action - avahi-dnsconfd action script

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action

DESCRIPTION

       avahi-dnsconfd.action  is  the  action  script  that is called whenever a new unicast DNS server is found or removed by avahi-dnsconfd. The
       default script as shipped with avahi patches /etc/resolv.conf to reflect the changed unicast DNS server configuration.

PARAMETERS

       argv[1] Contains the character "+" if the DNS server is new, "-" when it shall be removed from the DNS server list.

       argv[2] The IP address of the DNS server.

       argv[3] Numerical network interface number this DNS server was found on.

       argv[4] Numerical protocol number this DNS server was found on. (usually 2 for IPv4 and 10 for IPv6)

ENVIRONMENT

       AVAHI_INTERFACE Contains the textual interface name the corresponds with argv[3]. (e.g. "eth0")

       AVAHI_INTERFACE_DNS_SERVERS Contains a list of all DNS servers that avahi-dnsconfd found on the interface  $AVAHI_INTERFACE,  separated	by
       spaces.

       AVAHI_DNS_SERVERS Contains a list of all DNS server that avahi-dnsconfd found on all interfaces, separated by spaces.

AUTHORS

       The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

SEE ALSO

       avahi-dnsconfd(8), avahi-daemon(8)

COMMENTS

       This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.

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