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Fedora 22: 2016-1323b9078a Critical Bind99 DNS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important security update for bind99 addresses a critical vulnerability. All users should update immediately using provided terminal commands
Update to the latest upstream version due to security fix

Summary

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

(Domain Name System) protocols. This package set contains only export

version of BIND libraries, that are used for building ISC DHCP.

Update Information:

Update to the latest upstream version due to security fix

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora security fix DNS bind99

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1300052 - CVE-2015-8704 bind99: bind: specific APL data could trigger an INSIST in apl_42.c [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300052

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update bind99' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: bind99
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 9.9.8
Release: 2.P3.fc22
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora security fix DNS bind99

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