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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-04-13 13:09:38 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-04-13 13:09:38 +0200
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resolv: Reduce EDNS payload size to 1200 bytes [BZ #21361]
This hardens the stub resolver against fragmentation-based attacks.
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@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Version 2.26
Security related changes:
- [Add security related changes here]
+* The DNS stub resolver limits the advertised UDP buffer size to 1200 bytes,
+ to avoid fragmentation-based spoofing attacks.
The following bugs are resolved with this release: