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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2015-09bf9e06ea critical: bind assertion failure

fedora
Calendar Grey December 19, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Implementing essential enhancements for bind in Fedora 23, guaranteeing reliable DNS operations and fortified security protocols.
security fix

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora bind security fix update notification DNS assertion failure

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' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: bind
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 9.10.3
Release: 7.P2.fc23
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora bind security fix update notification DNS assertion failure

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