Package : bind9 Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-0494
It was discovered that the Bind name server daemon is vulnerable to denial of service by triggering an assertion through a crafted DNS query. This only affects installations which use the DNSSEC extentions.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 9.2.4-1sarge2.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 9.3.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------