BIND: Denial of service - Remote/unauthenticated

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2009.1035
                        OpenBSD BIND vulnerability
                               31 July 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              BIND
Operating System:     OpenBSD
Impact/Access:        Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:           Patch
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-0696  
Member content until: Sunday, August 30 2009
Reference:            ASB-2009.1033

OVERVIEW

        A vulnerability has been identified in the BIND server of OpenBSD that
        can allow an attacker to crash the BIND server. [1]


IMPACT

        An attacker could crash the BIND server running on OpenBSD.


MITIGATION

        OpenBSD has released a patch to correct the problem.


REFERENCES

        [1] OpenBSD 4.6 errata
            http://www.openbsd.org/errata46.html

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