On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Rohit Gupta wrote:
> http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-14-bind.html
>
> with ref to the above site...
> a user sends so much data to the specified port that my mem cant sustain and so hes
>able to execute his code...
> is there any remedy to this
According to ISC, 8.2.2PL2 fixed all their known issues in the advisory:
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security-19991108.html
PL5 is the latest, just like sendmail of old, keeping current is more
important than anything else. If you're not up to date, get there, if you
are and you have problems, try one of the BIND lists.
Paul
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