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BIND 9 AUTHORS Map Remote Version Disclosure

Article ID: 10728
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

BIND 9 AUTHORS Map Remote Version Disclosure

This script is Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyDNS
Plugin ID10728
Bugtraq ID
CVE ID

Description:
Synopsis :

The remote name server can be fingerprinted.

Description :

It was possible to determine that the remote name server is running
BIND 9.x by querying it for the AUTHORS map.

Solution :

It is recommended you change the source code to prevent fingerprinting
your server.

Risk factor :

None
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