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Fedora 28 FEDORA-2018-2b274689e8 Moderate: Hesiod DNS Fixes

fedora
Calendar Grey October 23, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Notification for Hesiod about persistent DNS vulnerabilities and inadequate SUID verifications found in Fedora 28. Ensure your system remains secure!
Fix CVE-2016-10152 (hardcoded DNS fallback) Fix CVE-2016-10151 (weak SUID check) Move package to autosetup Resolves: #1332509 Resolves: #1332494

Summary

Hesiod is a system which uses existing DNS functionality to provide access

to databases of information that changes infrequently. It is often used to

distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap

files, among others.

Fix CVE-2016-10152 (hardcoded DNS fallback) Fix CVE-2016-10151 (weak

SUID check) Move package to autosetup Resolves: #1332509

Resolves: #1332494

* Thu Oct 11 2018 Robbie Harwood - 3.2.1-14

- Fix CVE-2016-10152 (hardcoded DNS fallback)

- Fix CVE-2016-10151 (weak SUID check)

- Move package to autosetup

* Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.2.1-13

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild

* Fri May 18 2018 Adam Williamson - 3.2.1-12

- Rebuild for new libidn

[ 1 ] Bug #1332509 - hesiod: Weak SUID check allowing privilege elevation [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332509

[ 2 ] Bug #1332494 - hesiod: Use of hard-coded unsafe configuration if configuration file cannot be opened [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332494

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

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Product: Fedora 28
Version: 3.2.1
Release: 14.fc28
URL: None
Summary: Shared libraries for querying the Hesiod naming service

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