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NetBSD update for BIND
Secunia Advisory: SA10450
Release Date: 2003-12-17
Popularity: 6,599 views

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

OS:NetBSD 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0914


Description:
NetBSD has issued updated packages for bind. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache with negative entries.

For more information:
SA10300

The vulnerability affects the following versions:
* NetBSD-current (source prior to Nov 27, 2003)
* NetBSD 1.6.2_RC2
* NetBSD 1.6.2_RC1
* NetBSD 1.6
* NetBSD-1.5.3
* NetBSD-1.5.2
* NetBSD-1.5.1
* NetBSD-1.5
* pkgsrc (bind8 packages prior to 8.4.3)

Solution:
The vulnerability has been addressed in the following versions:
* NetBSD-current (Nov 27, 2003)
* NetBSD-1.6.2_RC3
* NetBSD-1.5 branch (Nov 28, 2003)
* pkgsrc (bind8-8.4.3)

Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-018.txt.asc

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


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