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Fix for security vulnerability in NetWare DNS

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patches this patch supersedes

FileProductStatusPatch
named.nlmNetWare 6.5 SP7ActiveFix for security vulnerability in NetWare DNS

patches that supersede this patch

This patch is not superseded by any other patches.

patch attributes

Architecture: x86
Security patch: Yes
Priority: Mandatory
Distribution Type: Public

document

Revision: 1
Document ID: 5032400
Creation Date: 2008-08-08 06:56:46

abstract

bind: spoofing made easier due to non-random UDP source port VU#800113 -- NetWare

details

Overview:
CVE-2008-1447
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A number of DNS cache poisoning attacks due to DNS protocol
vulnerabilities have previously been described in public literature:

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457875

and most recently with work by Amit Klein at Trusteer:

http://www.trusteer.com/docs/research.html

System Requirements:

nw65sp7

Installation:

Copy named.nlm to sys:\system
restart service by unloading named.nlm and load named.nlm

security fixes

CVE-2008-1447

file contents

Compressed File Name: named.zip.zip

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named.zip/named.nlm1.7 MB (1851286)2008-08-08 06:53:51
readme_5032400.htmlN/A2008-08-08 06:56:59
readme.htmlN/A2008-08-08 06:56:59

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