Sun Solaris BIND 8 Predictable DNS Query IDs Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA26858
Release Date: 2007-09-19
Last Update: 2008-02-22
Popularity: 4,672 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2930


Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in BIND 8 for Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

For more information:
SA26629

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 for both the x86 and SPARC platforms.

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 109326-20 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109326-20-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112837-14 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112837-14-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 109327-20 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109327-20-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114265-13 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114265-13-1

Changelog:
2008-02-22: Updated "Solution" section.

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

Other References:
SA26629:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26629/


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