Nortel response to Sun Alert 200859 - Security Vulnerability in BIND 8 May Allow Cache Poisoning Attack
| Description: |
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200859-1 Sun Microsystems has recently issued Sun Alert 200859 - Security Vulnerability in BIND 8 May Allow Cache Poisoning Attack. This potential vulnerability affects the Solaris 8 & Solaris 9 operating systems. Some Nortel products contain this software as a component and thus are potentially affected by the vulnerabilities addressed. This bulletin provides a multi-product consolidated response for the Nortel products which are potentially affected. This bulletin addresses the following potential vulnerability: A security vulnerability in BIND 8 may allow remote unprivileged users the ability to cause named(1M) to return incorrect addresses for Internet hosts, thereby redirecting end users to unintended hosts or services. This issue is also referenced in the following documents: . CERT-US VU#927905 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927905 . CVE-2007-2930 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2930 Before taking any action please ensure that you are viewing the latest official version of this security advisory by referencing http://www.nortel.com/securityadvisories |
| Type: |
Security Advisories |
| Number: |
2008008807, Rev 1 |
| Status: |
Retired |
| Date: |
2008-11-19 |
