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Debian bind DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA30989  
Release Date: 2008-07-09

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

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 4.0


CVE reference:CVE-2008-1447 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
Debian has acknowledged a vulnerability in bind, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

For more information:
SA30973

Solution:
There is no updated bind package. The vendor recommends to migrate to bind9 instead.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00185.html

Original Advisory:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00185.html

Other References:
SA30973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30973/



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