Operating System:

[OpenBSD]

Published:

16 December 2011

Protect yourself against future threats.

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                              ASB-2011.0110.2
               OpenBSD BIND vulnerability and related patch
                             16 December 2011

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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/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2011-4313  
Member content until: Sunday, January  8 2012
Reference:            ASB-2011.0102

Revision History:     December 16 2011: Added OpenBSD 5.0 errata reference
                      December  9 2011: Initial Release

OVERVIEW

        OpenBSD have released a patch to mitigate a vulnerability in BIND.


IMPACT

        A remote attacker could cause a denial of service against the BIND 
        server running on OpenBSD.


MITIGATION

        OpenBSD has released a patch to correct the problem. [1] [2]


REFERENCES

        [1] OpenBSD 4.9 release errata
            http://www.openbsd.org/errata49.html

        [2] OpenBSD 5.0 release errata
            http://www.openbsd.org/errata50.html

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