Description of problem: When MyDNS is listening on any IPv6 address (such as ::1 on a stock installation), any DNS query the server receives will trigger a buffer overflow, crashing the server: Aug 24 03:44:23 dns2 mydns[11494]: *** stack smashing detected ***: mydns terminated Aug 24 03:44:23 dns2 mydns[11443]: pid 11494 exited due to signal 6 Aug 24 03:44:23 dns2 mydns[11443]: Server pid 11494 died Having MyDNS bind to all addresses except ::1 in /etc/mydns.conf is a temporary work-around: no-listen = ::1 # Do not listen on these addresses Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mydns-1.2.8.31-1.el6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup MyDNS 2. Listen on ::1 3. dig @localhost foobar.com Actual results: Stack smashing protection terminates the MyDNS server process. Expected results: No crash Additional info: Upstream report, incl. patch, here: http://bugs.mydns-ng.com/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=62
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