bugtraq - Re: "BIND 9 DNS Cache Poisoning" by Amit Klein (Trusteer)

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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:54:33 -1000 (HST)
From: Tim Newsham <newsham@...a.net>
To: Amit Klein <aksecurity@...il.com>
Cc: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>,
	Jamie Riden <jamie.riden@...il.com>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: "BIND 9 DNS Cache Poisoning" by Amit Klein (Trusteer)

> "it's not like this hasn't been reported, and fixed, many times by many 
> others" - so if it's fixed so many times, how come it was still vulnerable, 
> and ISC had to issue their patches?

Because its just a 16-bit field.  DNS is broken.  Cache poisoning will 
happen.  Those are the facts on the ground.  The only argument left
is the degree of brokenness.

> -Amit

Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/