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Old 07-22-2008
USN-627-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-1447


Description:
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-627-1 July 22, 2008 dnsmasq vulnerability CVE-2008-1447 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: dnsmasq-base 2.41-2ubuntu2.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Dnsmasq to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Dan Kaminsky discovered weaknesses in the DNS protocol as implemented by Dnsmasq. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof DNS entries and poison DNS caches. Among other things, this could lead to misdirected email and web traffic.





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ltsp-config

ltsp-config(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    ltsp-config(8)

NAME

       ltsp-config - Configure certain parts of an LTSP server

SYNOPSIS

       ltsp-config TOOL [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       ltsp-config generates or updates configuration files for certain parts of an LTSP server, like lts.conf, the DHCP server, nbd-server etc.

OPTIONS

       dnsmasq		 Configure dnsmasq.

	 --no-proxy-dhcp Don't enable proxyDHCP mode for detected subnets.

       isc-dhcp-server	 Configure isc-dhcp-server.

       lts.conf 	 Create a sample lts.conf.

       nbd-server	 Configure nbd-server.

   Generic options for most tools:
       -d --directory	 A directory to search for configuration templates, in addition to "/usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/examples".

       -h --help	 The application help page.

       -l --language	 Preferred language for configuration files.

       -o --overwrite	 Overwrite existing configuration files.

SEE ALSO

       dnsmasq(8), dhcpd.conf(5), lts.conf(5), nbd-server(5)

AVAILABILITY

       ltsp-config is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/ltsp.

MAN PAGE AUTHOR

       Copyright  2012 Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later
       version.

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