Secunia Security Advisory - FreeBSD 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:
FreeBSD update for bind
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26261
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26261/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/6778/
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD 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:
Update your system to the latest 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE, or to the
RELENG_6_2, RELENG_6_1, or RELENG_5_5 security branch, or apply
patches.
FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-07:07/bind.patch
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:07.bind.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26152:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26152/
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