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[SA31019] Fedora update for bind

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 18:30:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Fedora update for bind

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31019

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31019/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora 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:
SA30973

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update bind").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00458.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00402.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30973/

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