| Beschreibung: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the SSA:2008-191-02 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to address a security problem.
More details may be found at the following links:
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Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bind-9.4.2_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:
Upgraded to bind-9.4.2-P1.
This upgrade addresses a security flaw known as the CERT VU#800113 DNS Cache
Poisoning Issue. This is the summary of the problem from the BIND site:
'A weakness in the DNS protocol may enable the poisoning of caching
recurive resolvers with spoofed data. DNSSEC is the only full solution.
New versions of BIND provide increased resilience to the attack.'
It is suggested that sites that run BIND upgrade to one of the new packages
in order to reduce their exposure to DNS cache poisoning attacks.
For more information, see:
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(* Security fix *)
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Affected Software/OS:
'bind' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware 10.0, Slackware 10.1, Slackware 10.2, Slackware 11.0, Slackware 12.0, Slackware 12.1, Slackware current.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
5.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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