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SSA-2007-026-01 bind

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2007-026-01 bind

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,
10.2, and 11.0 to fix denial of service security issues.

Versions of bind-9.2.x older than bind-9.2.8, and versions of bind-9.3.x
older than 9.3.4 can be made to crash with malformed local or remote data.

More details about the issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0493
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0494

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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