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Fedora 23: 2016-605fd98c32 Critical: BIND DNS Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2016
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Important security patch for Fedora 23 related to bind CVE-2016-8864 implemented to mitigate possible assertion failures in the DNS system.
Security fix for CVE-2016-8864

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:

Security fix for CVE-2016-8864

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora bind security fix DNS

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1389652 - CVE-2016-8864 bind: assertion failure while handling responses containing a DNAME answer https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1389652

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade bind' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: bind
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 9.10.4
Release: 2.P4.fc23
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server

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