| Guardian Digital Security Advisory | November 26, 2003 |
| http://www.guardiandigital.com | ESA-20031126-031 |
| Packages: | bind-chroot, bind-chroot-utils |
| Summary: | cache poisoning vulnerability. |
EnGarde Secure Linux is an enterprise class Linux platform
engineered to enable corporations to quickly and cost-effectively
build a complete and secure Internet presence while preventing
Internet threats.
OVERVIEW
A cache poisoning vulnerability exists in the version of BIND
shipped with all versions of EnGarde Secure Linux. Successful
exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a temporary denial
of service until the bad record expires from the cache.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org/) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0914 to this issue.
Guardian Digital products affected by this issue include:
EnGarde Secure Community v1.0.1
EnGarde Secure Community 2
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.1
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.2
EnGarde Secure Professional v1.5
It is recommended that all users apply this update as soon as
possible.
SOLUTION
Guardian Digital Secure Network subscribers may automatically
update affected systems by accessing their account from within the
Guardian Digital WebTool.
To modify your GDSN account and contact preferences, please go
to:
https://www.guardiandigital.com/account/
Below are MD5 sums for the updated EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
packages:
SRPMS/bind-chroot-8.2.6-1.0.30.src.rpm
MD5 Sum: 6127e55aaeffe9c92dcf793df910ee75
i386/bind-chroot-8.2.6-1.0.30.i386.rpm
MD5 Sum: b631c88d82dc4883df2271204d50abc3
i386/bind-chroot-utils-8.2.6-1.0.30.i386.rpm
MD5 Sum: eaac0812f751998c7f5ad66f7ba9d9d4
i686/bind-chroot-8.2.6-1.0.30.i686.rpm
MD5 Sum: 4b5ced2b8f72d9df3a340833ef0a60c0
i686/bind-chroot-utils-8.2.6-1.0.30.i686.rpm
MD5 Sum: 21f203bb6fad4a5474b179337c395442
REFERENCES
Guardian Digital’s public key:
http://ftp.engardelinux.org/pub/engarde/ENGARDE-GPG-KEY
BIND’s Official Web Site:
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
Guardian Digital Advisories:
http://infocenter.guardiandigital.com/advisories/
Security Contact:
security@guardiandigital.com
Author: Ryan W. Maple <ryan@guardiandigital.com>
Copyright 2003, Guardian Digital, Inc.