Another reason to use djbdns . . . Greg Morgan wrote: > > FYI, > > Greg Morgan > > Red Hat Network Alert wrote: > > > > Security Advisory - RHSA-2002:197-09 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Summary: > > Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in resolver > > > > Updated glibc packages are available to fix a buffer overflow in the > > resolver. > > > > Description: > > The GNU C library package, glibc, contains standard libraries used by > > multiple programs on the system. > > > > A read buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the glibc resolver code in > > versions of glibc up to and including 2.2.5. The vulnerability is > > triggered by DNS packets larger than 1024 bytes and can cause applications > > to crash. > > > > All Red Hat Linux users are advised to upgrade to these errata packages > > which contain a patch to correct this vulnerability. > > > > This errata has been updated to work with programs querying DNS from > > extremely small stack sizes, such as MySQL. > > > > References: > > http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738331
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