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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2007.0709 -- [Solaris]
     Security Vulnerability in BIND 8 May Allow Cache Poisoning Attack
                              17 October 2007

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              BIND 8
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     Solaris 8 and 9
Impact:               Reduced Security
                      Provide Misleading Information
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2007-2930

Ref:                  ESB-2007.0645

Original Bulletin:  
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-103063-1

Revision History:   October 17 2007: Final patches released.
                  September 20 2007: Initial Release

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
     * Sun Alert ID: 103063
     * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in BIND 8 May Allow Cache
       Poisoning Attack
     * Category: Security
     * Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
     * BugIDs: 6596938
     * Avoidance: Patch
     * State: Resolved
     * Date Released: 18-Sep-2007, 15-Oct-2007
     * Date Closed: 15-Oct-2007
     * Date Modified: 15-Oct-2007

1. Impact

   A security vulnerability in BIND 8 may allow remote unprivileged users
   the ability to cause named(1M) to return incorrect addresses for
   Internet hosts, thereby redirecting end users to unintended hosts or
   services.

   This issue is also referenced in the following documents:

   CERT-US VU#927905 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927905

   CVE-2007-2930 at
   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2930

2. Contributing Factors

   This issue can occur in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Solaris 8 without patch 109326-20
     * Solaris 9 without patch 112837-14

   x86 Platform
     * Solaris 8 without patch 109327-20
     * Solaris 9 without patch 114265-13

   Note: Solaris 10 is not impacted by this issue.

   Only systems with the BIND named(1M) service enabled are impacted by
   this issue. To verify if BIND is running on a system, the following
   command can be used:
    $ ps -e | grep in.named && echo "BIND is running"


3. Symptoms

   There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described issue
   has occurred. 

4. Relief/Workaround

   There is no workaround. Please see the Resolution section below.

5. Resolution

   This issue is addressed in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 109326-20 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 112837-14 or later

   x86 Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 109327-20 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 114265-13 or later

Change History

   15-Oct-2007:
     * State: Resolved
     * Updated Contributing Factors, Relief/Workaround, and Resolution
       sections

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