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Fedora 23: 2016-8e39076950 Moderate: bind DNS Fix for Two Issues

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2016
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An update for bind99 in Fedora 23 addresses CVE-2016-6170 and CVE-2016-8864, including essential installation instructions.
Security fix for CVE-2016-6170 ---- Security fix for CVE-2016-8864

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:

Security fix for CVE-2016-6170 ---- Security fix for CVE-2016-8864

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora bind moderate threat DNS fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1353563 - CVE-2016-6170 bind: Improper restriction of zone size limit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353563 [ 2 ] 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 bind99' 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: bind99
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 9.9.9
Release: 4.P4.fc23
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora bind moderate threat DNS fix

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