BIND 4.9.9 Release

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Fri Jun 28 14:23:40 UTC 2002


			BIND 4.9.9 Release

BIND 4.9.9 is security release of BIND 4.

The recommended version to use is BIND 9.2.1.  If for whatever reason you
must run BIND 8, use nothing earlier than 8.2.6-REL, 8.3.3-REL.  Do not
under any circumstances run BIND 4.  There are unfixed security issues
in this release.

This release in intended for vendors still shipping BIND 4 based resolver
libraries.

'named' is *not* vulnerable to this security problem.

Highlights vs. 4.9.8
        Security Fix libresolv. All applications linked against libresolv
        need to relinked.

the distribution file is:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/4.9.9/bind-4.9.9-REL.tar.gz

the pgp signature file is:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/4.9.9/bind-4.9.9-REL.tar.gz.asc

the md5 checksums are:

MD5 (bind-4.9.9-REL.tar.gz) = 74d49689b327a699ca2f30a2c0a2dfc6
MD5 (bind-4.9.9-REL.tar.gz.asc) = 84f81fef93664a2af6ca2f4c8a042152

top of CHANGES says:

        --- 4.9.9-REL released ---

818. [bug]      remote buffer overrun.

        --- 4.9.8-REL released ---


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