Package : bind9 Vulnerability : design error Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-2926
Amit Klein discovered that the BIND name server generates predictable DNS query IDs, which may lead to cache poisoning attacks.
An update for the oldstable distribution (sarge) is in preparation. It will be released soon.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 9.3.4-2etch1. An update for mips is not yet available, it will be released soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your BIND packages.
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 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------