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Fedora 24: 2017-72f0c1ea9c Critical: Systemd Out-Of-Bounds Write Fix

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To fix the out-of-bounds write vulnerability in systemd-resolved as per Fedora update 2017-72f0c1ea9c, follow these steps to patch it without rebooting
A fix for an out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved after a crafted DNS packet (CVE-2017-9445)

Summary

systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with

SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive parallelization

capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services,

offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using

Linux cgroups, supports snapshotting and restoring of the system

state, maintains mount and automount points and implements an

elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic.

A fix for an out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved after a crafted DNS packet

(CVE-2017-9445). No need to reboot or log out.

[ 1 ] Bug #1465610 - resolved: an out-of-bounds write

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1465610

su -c 'dnf upgrade systemd' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

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Product: Fedora 24
Version: 229
Release: 22.fc24
Summary: A System and Service Manager

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