The named daemon is under investigation. HP will provide updated information for the CERT advisory. HP is currently porting and testing BIND 4.9.3 for a general release first quarter of 1997. A patch is in process for 10.X releases. IBM Corporation Work is under way.
Some systems are vulnerable.
We are developing the patches and plan to put them on our anonymous FTP server. You can contact us with the following e-mail address if you need. Inc. SCO is currently considering a port of the new BIND into its product line, but no timeline is yet available. Silicon Graphics Inc. SGI acknowledges CERT Advisory CA-96.02 and is currently investigating. No further information is available at this time.