Re: [atlarge-discuss] FYI: re multiple BIND vulnerabilities

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Judyth and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  Yes, this was reported by Sans.org some months ago now.  These
bugs have patches available or pending..  Old news reported as new
information.
Ergo misinformation from Cert.org

espresso@e-scape.net wrote:

> People running servers who have not already done so may want to look at:
>
>    http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html
>
> and
>
>  Title: BIND vulnerable to cached RR overflow
>  ID: 11152
>  Category: Gain root remotely
>  URL: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=11152
>  Summary: Checks the remote BIND version
>
> and
>
>  Title: Generic format string
>  ID: 11133
>  Category: Gain root remotely
>  URL: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=11133
>  Summary: Generic format string attack
>  Description:
>    The remote service is vulnerable to a format string attack
>
>    An attacker may use this flaw to execute arbitrary code
>    on your machine.
>
> HTH,
>
> Judyth
>
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Regards,

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