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Debian Security Advisory DSA 409-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
January 5th, 2004                        Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : bind
Vulnerability  : denial of service
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2003-0914

A vulnerability was discovered in BIND, a domain name server, whereby
a malicious name server could return authoritative negative responses
with a large TTL (time-to-live) value, thereby rendering a domain name
unreachable.  A successful attack would require that a vulnerable BIND
instance submit a query to a malicious nameserver. 

The bind9 package is not affected by this vulnerability.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1:8.3.3-2.0woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1:8.4.3-1.

We recommend that you update your bind package.

Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      639 ade872aa1e8b6bb0b55bd871207d8a36
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    31925 cdf79e7828e5de2a4cf8ee8e5062a627
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2713120 847ba93d1ac71b94560c002c9f730100

  Architecture independent components:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1290814 37075f1a0c5a674d0dc81696f1043a57

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   999312 ecfa16c08ff20b8d4bcdd6c77c32ed6b
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   509452 3c7d5b70a191c01417e3df9eb6b889a9

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   826590 696c53c2e7da00d72de0ddce3e9f0bf3
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   427084 df67dbc243f6a88fe1b80e8774bcb366

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   793732 214489ee9312f15a4a86cc8fccec22a2
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   381988 7a625ae2de5b673d9c3a834826f72526

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1285864 81bad842984112df3997702fa06173ec
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   575890 24d29d3e6f9dd9f67f1b35690ede36f5

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   921460 1828a8f102cf3fe1953c960147fc2880
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   475208 166521ce1dbe1d65320b4ba22f7fe659

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   720658 db9f23af2a807675f221c44c861d7019
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   362762 2c1981f62b69bb3bdf60dd955155514d

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   926968 63314aa98265e5641eb25a4a47c868d9
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   469896 385520c21f7e8bc43a9b33fe3b19963f

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   934550 31bc0a5466e17746ca2b3cbf1795ad53
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   470826 df4d17e787078e3fc15cae26062c8b1b

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   852052 90e213b330d86b796a2641f974e6b253
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   451706 39ea99885a79166a6b0240610c592b87

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   796474 46b7bfab715c81ec87f8dd40e45b2a52
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   386568 a2e71e8e0dd00e49e17298e92895963e

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   839716 97affc72e8a8a3e3be4c6bbe5b791e6a
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   408802 99a619d3c9374dd861035f932acc959b

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb  Debian -- Security Information  stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:    dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and  http://packages.debian.org/

Debian: BIND Cache poisoning vulnerability

January 6, 2004
A vulnerability was discovered in BIND, a domain name server, wherebya malicious name server could return authoritative negative responseswith a large TTL (time-to-live) value, the...

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in BIND, a domain name server, whereby
a malicious name server could return authoritative negative responses
with a large TTL (time-to-live) value, thereby rendering a domain name
unreachable. A successful attack would require that a vulnerable BIND
instance submit a query to a malicious nameserver.

The bind9 package is not affected by this vulnerability.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1:8.3.3-2.0woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1:8.4.3-1.

We recommend that you update your bind package.

Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by addin...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
Package : bind

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