Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for bind. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for bind
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26236
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26236/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/146/
Slackware Linux 9.0
http://secunia.com/product/1336/
Slackware Linux 9.1
http://secunia.com/product/2265/
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for bind. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.
For more information:
SA26152
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/bind-9.2.8_P1-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/bind-9.2.8_P1-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/bind-9.2.8_P1-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/bind-9.2.8_P1-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/bind-9.3.4_P1-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/bind-9.3.4_P1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/bind-9.3.4_P1-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/bind-9.4.1_P1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.521385
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26152:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26152/
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