NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-001: BIND DoS due to improper handling of RRSIG records

		 NetBSD Security Advisory 2011-001
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Topic:		BIND DoS due to improper handling of RRSIG records

Version:	NetBSD-current:		affected prior to 20101203
		NetBSD 5.1:		affected prior to 20110111
		NetBSD 5.0:		affected prior to 20110111
		NetBSD 4.0.*:		affected prior to 20110124
		NetBSD 4.0:		affected prior to 20110124
		pkgsrc:			net/bind97 package prior to 20101203

Severity:	Denial of Service

Fixed:		NetBSD-current:		Dec 2nd, 2010
		NetBSD-5-1 branch:	Jan 10th, 2011
		NetBSD-5-0 branch:	Jan 10th, 2011
		NetBSD-5 branch:	Jan 6th, 2011
		NetBSD-4-0 branch:	Jan 23rd, 2011
		NetBSD-4 branch:	Jan 23rd, 2011
		pkgsrc net/bind97:	bind-9.7.2pl3 corrects this issue
		pkgsrc net/bind96:	bind-9.6.2pl3 corrects this issue

Please note that NetBSD releases prior to 4.0 are no longer supported.
It is recommended that all users upgrade to a supported release.

Abstract
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(unknown)

Dear E-mail Account Owner,

Dear E-mail Account Owner, 
      This message is from Help Desk Service messaging center to all subscribers/E-mail users.  
We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center due to an unusual activities  
identified in our email system. We are deleting all unused E-mail Accounts. You are required to  
verify your E-mail account by confirming your E-mail identity. This will prevent your E-mail  
account from been closed during this exercise. In order to confirm your E-Mail identity,you are  
to provide the following data: 

First Name: 
Last Name: 
User-name/ID: 
Password: 
Confirm Password: 
Date of Birth: 

*Important* 
     Please provide all these information completely and correctly otherwise due to security  
reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.We have been sending this notice to all  
our email account owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.  

     We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Kindly understand that this is a  
security measure intended to help protect you and your Web-mail Account. We apologies for any  
inconvenience. 

Regards, 
Help Desk Messaging Center.