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[mab () KOUGARS KISH CC IL US (Mike Bush)]

wow, its nice to see how HP stays on top of things.

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Digest Name:  Daily Security Bulletins Digest
    Created:  Wed May 17  3:00:03 PDT 2000

Table of Contents:

Document ID      Title
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HPSBUX0005-114   Sec. Vulnerability in BIND

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Document ID:  HPSBUX0005-114
Date Loaded:  20000516
      Title:  Sec. Vulnerability in BIND

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        HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN: #00114,  16 May 2000
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible.  Hewlett Packard will not be liable for any
consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully
implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM:  Security vulnerability in the BIND executable

PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.XX & 11.XX.

DAMAGE:   May allow remote users to gain root access or to disrupt
          normal operation on the name server.

SOLUTION: Install patches (below) which upgrade BIND to version 4.9.7,
          or upgrade to version 8.1.2.

AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
   A. Background
      The CERT advisory (CA-99-14) detailed several BIND vulnerabilities.
      The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of
      the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. Complete details can be
      found at:
      ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/CA-99-14-bind.txt

   B. Recommended solution
      Apply the appropriate patches for BIND components noted below.

  s700_800 HP-UX release 10.01, 10.10 & 10.20  BIND 4.9.7    PHNE_20618
  s700_800 HP-UX release 10.24 (VVOS)          BIND 4.9.7    PHNE_21288
  s700_800 HP-UX release 11.00                 BIND 4.9.7    PHNE_20619
  s700_800 HP-UX release 11.04 (VVOS)          BIND 4.9.7    PHNE_21090

      The bind revision 8.1.2 upgrade is available for HP-UX 11.00 via
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      http://www.software.hp.com/products/DNS_BIND/index.html

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      support for negative caching (RFC2308) the clarifications in
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