Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:40:29 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: matt <matt@BabCom.ORG> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, jseger@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIND NXT Bug Vulnerability Message-ID: <4.1.19991110213919.04565e60@granite.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911102122050.1624-100000@s01.arpa-canada.ne t> References: <4.1.19991110202719.04c5ee30@granite.sentex.ca>
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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
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