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IBM AIX update for bind
Secunia Advisory: SA10340
Release Date: 2003-12-03
Last Update: 2004-01-22
Popularity: 8,248 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:AIX 4.x
AIX 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0914


Description:
IBM has issued an update for bind. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache with negative entries.

For more information:
SA10300

Solution:
Official fixes:

APAR number for AIX 4.3.3: IY49899 (available 02/25/2004)
APAR number for AIX 5.1.0: IY49881 (available)
APAR number for AIX 5.2.0: IY49883 (available)

E-Fix for 4.3.3 and 5.2.0:
ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/dns_poison_efix.tar

Original Advisory:
2004-01-22: APAR available for 5.2.0.

Other References:
SA10300:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10300/


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