BIND 8.2.2p7 crashes randomly on Linux

[Roy Arends]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Niccolo Rigacci wrote:

> Package: bind
> version: 8.2.2p7-1
> 
> 
> I have Bind 8.2.2p7 installed on a Debian Gnu/Linux 2.2. The daemon
> crashes randomly after 2-3 days. No relevant info are logged. The core
> dumps I got say signal 6 (Aborted) one time and signal 11 (Segmentation
> fault) the other.
> 
> Is there some way to get more info in the log or from the dump?
> 
> I read that 8.2.2 is vulnerable to some remote exploit, are there more
> info on this, beside those at
> http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html?

Upgrade to bind 9 or 8.2.3-release.

You've probably been exploited

Roy Arends
Nominum