DNS TLD & Out of Zone NS Domain Hijacking

BID:941

Info

DNS TLD & Out of Zone NS Domain Hijacking

Bugtraq ID: 941
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 23 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This exploit was discovered and documented by Dan Bernstein <[email protected]>. It was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on January 23, 2000.
Vulnerable: ISC BIND 8.2.2
ISC BIND 8.2.1
ISC BIND 8.2
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.2
- Caldera OpenLinux 1.3
- Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- IBM AIX 4.3.1
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Redhat Linux 6.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.0
- Redhat Linux 5.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 5.1
- Redhat Linux 5.0
- Redhat Linux 4.2
- Redhat Linux 4.1
- Redhat Linux 4.0
- Slackware Linux 4.0
ISC BIND 8.1.2
+ HP HP-UX 11.11
+ HP HP-UX 11.0
ISC BIND 8.1.1
ISC BIND 8.1
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

DNS TLD & Out of Zone NS Domain Hijacking

While there is no "canned" exploit available for this attack, the details made available in the initial post to Bugtraq would likely contain enough information for a savvy attacker to perform the attack described.

Solution / Fix

DNS TLD & Out of Zone NS Domain Hijacking

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

DNS TLD & Out of Zone NS Domain Hijacking

References:
  • Notes (D. J. Bernstein)

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