New DNS Vulnerability Lets Attackers Launch Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

Israeli cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a new flaw impacting DNS protocol that can be exploited to launch amplified, large-scale distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks to takedown targeted websites. Called NXNSAttack, the flaw hinges on the DNS delegation mechanism to...

ISC BIND 9.10.2 < 9.10.2rc2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version number, the remote installation of BIND is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists within the Domain Name Service due to an error in the code used to follow delegations. A remote attacker, with a maliciously-constructed zone or...

bind, caching security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0716 Updated bind packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...