[ GLSA 201006-11 ] BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201006-11)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: June 01, 2010
Bug(s): #301548, #308035
ID: 201006-11

Synopsis


Several cache poisoning vulnerabilities have been found in BIND.


Background


ISC BIND is the Internet Systems Consortium implementation of the
Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.


Affected Packages

Package: net-dns/bind
Vulnerable: < 9.4.3_p5
Unaffected: >= 9.4.3_p5
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Multiple cache poisoning vulnerabilities were discovered in BIND. For
further information please consult the CVE entries and the ISC Security
Bulletin referenced below.

Note: CVE-2010-0290 and CVE-2010-0382 exist because of an incomplete
fix and a regression for CVE-2009-4022.


Impact


An attacker could exploit this weakness to poison the cache of a
recursive resolver and thus spoof DNS traffic, which could e.g. lead to
the redirection of web or mail traffic to malicious sites.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version: