Fedora 27 BIND Critical: Fix for CVE-2017-3145 Use-After-Free

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.

Upgrades to latest minor supported BIND. Includes first -P1 security release

fixing CVE-2017-3145.

[ 1 ] Bug #1535307 - CVE-2017-3145 bind: Improper sequencing during cleanup can lead to use-after-free error, causinga crash in named [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1535307

su -c 'dnf upgrade bind' 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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