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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2002.468 -- CERT Advisory CA-2002-19
Buffer Overflows in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries UPDATED
28 August 2002
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: BIND DNS resolver library (libbind)
BSD DNS resolver library (libc)
Other implementations of DNS resolver libraries
Vendor: Internet Software Consortium (ISC)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
Cray, Inc.
FreeBSD
NetBSD
Network Appliance
OpenBSD
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
Ref: ESB-2002.319
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UPDATE: CERT Advisory CA-2002-19 Buffer Overflows in Multiple DNS
Resolver Libraries
August 27, 2002
An important change has been made to CERT Advisory CA-2002-19.
The workaround of using a local caching DNS server is not completely
effective. Specifically, some malicious DNS responses can be cached,
reconstructed, and passed on to systems that may have vulnerable DNS
resolver libraries.
For the most current information, including which systems are affected
and vendor statements, please see the documents listed at the end of
this message.
The following change was made to section III. of CA-2002-19:
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III. Solution
Upgrade to a corrected version of the DNS resolver libraries
[no change]
Use of a local caching DNS server is not an effective workaround
When this advisory was initially published, it was thought that a
caching DNS server that reconstructs DNS responses would prevent
malicious code from reaching systems with vulnerable resolver
libraries.
This workaround is not sufficient. It does not prevent some DNS
responses that contain malicious code from reaching clients,
whether or not the responses are reconstructed by a local caching
DNS server. DNS responses containing code that is capable of
exploiting the vulnerabilities described in VU#803539 and
VU#542971 can be cached and reconstructed before being transmitted
to clients. Since the server may cache the responses, the
malicious code could persist until the server's cache is purged or
the entries expire.
The only complete solution to this problem is to upgrade to a
corrected version of the DNS resolver libraries as noted above.
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The following documents have been revised:
CERT Advisory CA-2002-19
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-19.html
Vulnerability Note VU#803539
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/803539
Vulnerability Note VU#542971
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542971
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