From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 10 18:41: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.sentex.ca (sand2.sentex.ca [209.167.248.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0530315478; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 18:40:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from gravel (ospf-mdt.sentex.net [205.211.164.81]) by sand2.sentex.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA14628; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:40:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <4.1.19991110213919.04565e60@granite.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtancsa@granite.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:40:29 -0500 To: matt From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: BIND NXT Bug Vulnerability Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, jseger@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.1.19991110202719.04c5ee30@granite.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:23 PM 11/10/99 , matt wrote: > >The ports tree currently has 8.2.1 though, I'm sure alot of people have >resorted to using this, I have. Has the maintainer of this port been >contacted yet? -matt I dont know, but I cc'd him on this just in case. ---Mike >On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >: At 08:25 PM 11/10/99 , Robert Watson wrote: >: >3.3-RELEASE appears to use 8.1.2, which I believe is not vulnerable. My >: >understanding is that this bug was introduced in 8.2.* of BIND. Please >: >correct me if I am wrong. >: >: Actually, the initial posting to bugtraq only shows some of the picture. >: There are in fact 6 bugs listed on the given URL, >: >: e.g. >: >: Name: "solinger bug" >: Versions affected: 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.2 patchlevel 1, 8.2.1 >: Severity: SERIOUS >: Exploitable: Remotely >: Type: Denial of service >: >: >: ---Mike >: ********************************************************************** >: Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net >: Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike >: Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 >: Canada * >: >: >: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >: with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message >: > >-- >"If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians > would come out of the...the gene pool, they'd a stayed up in the trees > and written evolution off as a bad idea. Hell, I always thought the > opposable thumb was overrated." > -Sheridan, "A Distant Star" > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 Canada * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message