Re: BIND 9.2.2 Vulnerabilities?

[Albert Sunseri <sunseri () abpi net>]

Hi! 

Yesterday morning I saw no notice whatsover. 
I downloaded 9.2.1 and upgraded to it.
ISC called it  a 'bugfix' release.

However - I just looked at the CHANGES file for 9.2.2 

There are no security notes in the section for 9.2.2
but in the notes for 9.2.2rc1 these appear: 

1356.   [security]      Support patches OpenSSL libraries.
                        http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html

1349.   [security]      Minimum OpenSSL version now 0.9.6e (was 0.9.5a).
                        http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html

as well as a zillion other changes. 

Now I have to upgrade all over again :(

Should they note that there are security 
bugs in the current release, or is it my responsibility to read 
all of the CHNGES files for all the release candidates _before_ 
I upgrade from one relase to another??????

Did I miss something as well here? 

--
Information wants to be priceless.
Albert Sunseri
sunseri () abpi net


> The ISC website lists the following as of today:
>
> http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html
>
> "ISC has discovered or has been notified of several bugs which can result 
> in vulnerabilities of varying levels of severity in BIND as distributed by 
> ISC. Upgrading to BIND version 9.2.2 is strongly recommended. If you 
> cannot upgrade, BIND 8.3.4, 8.2.7, and 4.9.11 are available."
>
> 9.2.2 apparently was just released yesterday though I've seen no 
> discussion about any specific vulnerabilities.
>
> The matrix at the bottom of the list shows two vulnerabilities, one with 
> openssl, the other with libbind.
>
> Can anyone elaborate on what's happened here?  I susbscribe to the BIND 
> mailing list and haven't heard anything about this issue.
>
> Thx