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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:40:29 -0500
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        matt <matt@BabCom.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, jseger@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BIND NXT Bug Vulnerability
Message-ID:  <4.1.19991110213919.04565e60@granite.sentex.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911102122050.1624-100000@s01.arpa-canada.ne t>
References:  <4.1.19991110202719.04c5ee30@granite.sentex.ca>

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At 09:23 PM 11/10/99 , matt wrote:
>
>The ports tree currently has 8.2.1 though, I'm sure alot of people have
>resorted to using this, I have. Has the maintainer of this port been
>contacted yet? -matt

I dont know, but I cc'd him on this just in case.

	---Mike

>On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
>: At 08:25 PM 11/10/99 , Robert Watson wrote:
>: >3.3-RELEASE appears to use 8.1.2, which I believe is not vulnerable.  My
>: >understanding is that this bug was introduced in 8.2.* of BIND.  Please
>: >correct me if I am wrong.
>: 
>: Actually, the initial posting to bugtraq only shows some of the picture.
>: There are in fact 6 bugs listed on the given URL, 
>: 
>: e.g.
>: 
>: Name: "solinger bug"
>: Versions affected:     8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.2 patchlevel 1, 8.2.1 
>: Severity:     SERIOUS 
>: Exploitable:     Remotely 
>: Type:     Denial of service 
>: 
>: 
>: 	---Mike
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