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Fedora 23: 2016-feb8d77f36 Moderate Bind99 DNS Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
For improved security against serious DNS vulnerabilities, update the bind99 package in Fedora 23 using the terminal to ensure vital security patches are applied
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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora 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 23
Version: 9.9.8
Release: 2.P3.fc23
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora DNS bind99

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