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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-21345 Critical OpenSSL Security Flaw Addressed

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2015
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Patches for bind99 in Fedora tackle significant denial of service issues; upgrade promptly for enhanced protection!
Fixed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259563 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259691

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:

Fixed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259563 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259691

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora software update bind medium severity dns fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1259085 - CVE-2015-5986 Bind: fromwire_openpgpkey() incorrect boundary check Denial of Service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259085 [ 2 ] Bug #1259087 - CVE-2015-5722 bind: malformed DNSSEC key failed assertion denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259087

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: 9.9.7
Release: 7.P3.fc23
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora software update bind medium severity dns fix

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