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IBM AIX BIND 8 Predictable DNS Query IDs Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA27465  
Release Date: 2007-10-31
Last Update: 2007-12-12

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

OS:AIX 5.x


CVE reference:CVE-2007-2930 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

For more information:
SA26629

The vulnerability affects versions 5.2 and 5.3.

Solution:
Apply interim fix or APARs as soon as they become available.

ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind8_ifix.tar

AIX 5.2.0:
APAR IZ05609

AIX 5.3.0:
APAR IZ05686/IZ05687

Changelog:
2007-12-12: Updated "Solution" section. Added APAR IZ05687 for AIX 5.3.0.

Original Advisory:
IBM:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/...criptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3975

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


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