“So, do you want the bad news, or the really bad news?” said Rob. [1] I had just sitten down to each lunch too!
“Um, how about the really bad news?” I said.
“Good thing you're sitting down,” he said. “The DNS (Domain Name System) resolver libraries everybody uses has an exploit and it affects a lot of systems.”
Rob was notifed of the most recent vulnerability [2] just released and yes, it does affect a lot of systems. So this is what? The third major exploit [3] in a week for Unix?
I'm now off to spend a few hours tracking this down and fixing it …
[1] http://www.tragic-smurfs.com/