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Fedora 23: Critical Fix for bind-dyndb-ldap Assertion Errors

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This alert outlines the resolution for bind-dyndb-ldap weaknesses impacting Fedora 23, with significant consequences.
security fix

Summary

This package provides an LDAP back-end plug-in for BIND. It features

support for dynamic updates and internal caching, to lift the load

off of your LDAP server.

Update Information:

security fix

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora assertion error bind-dyndb-ldap

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1291176 - CVE-2015-8000 bind: responses with a malformed class attribute can trigger an assertion failure in db.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291176 [ 2 ] Bug #1291186 - CVE-2015-8461 bind: race condition when handling socket errors can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291186

Update Instructions

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

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Name: bind-dyndb-ldap
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 8.0
Release: 4.fc23
URL: https://pagure.io/bind-dyndb-ldap
Summary: LDAP back-end plug-in for BIND

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora assertion error bind-dyndb-ldap

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