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Fedora 22: Critical Fix for Bind DoS Issue Identified as 2015-12335

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Essential security patch for Fedora 22 resolves a denial of service vulnerability while bolstering overall system defenses.
Update to 9.10.2-P3 to fix CVE-2015-5477

Summary

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS

(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),

which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library

(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and

tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

Update Information:

Update to 9.10.2-P3 to fix CVE-2015-5477

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security advisory critical issue fedora bind dos dns

Change Log

* Wed Jul 29 2015 Tomas Hozza - 32:9.10.2-4.P3 - Update to 9.10.2-P3 to fix CVE-2015-5477 * Thu Jul 9 2015 Tomas Hozza - 32:9.10.2-3.P2 - Update to 9.10.2-P2 * Fri Jun 19 2015 Tomas Hozza - 32:9.10.2-2.P1 - Update to 9.10.2-P1

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1247361 - CVE-2015-5477 bind: TKEY query handling flaw leading to denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247361

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update bind' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: bind
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 9.10.2
Release: 4.P3.fc22
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server

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