Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-2d9825f7c1 Moderate: BIND Assertion Failure
fedora
October 1, 2016
Update to latest upstream version due to CVE-2016-2776
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:
Update to latest upstream version due to CVE-2016-2776
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1378380 - CVE-2016-2776 bind: assertion failure in buffer.c while building responses to a specifically constructed request
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378380
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 24
Version: 9.10.4
Release: 2.P3.fc24
URL: Summary : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server
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