Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51520
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:494
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:494. bind is a name server (DNS) developed by the ISC and used in many internet and intranet sites. ISC (Internet Software Consortium) reported a remote denial of service vulnerability[2] in the BIND[1] server. A remote attacker can exploit this problem and shut down the name server. This vulnerability only affects the 9.x versions of the server and has no other consequence besides shutting down the service. An indication that the service has been shut down due to this problem are the following messages in the system log (/var/log/messages): named: message.c:808: REQUIRE(*rdataset == ((void *)0)) failed named: exiting (due to assertion failure) Please note that regular DNS traffic could also accidentally trigger this problem. ISC has released BIND version 9.2.1 to address this vulnerability. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:494 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
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