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Gentoo GLSA-201401-34 Normal: BIND Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2014
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Several security flaws in BIND software might result in Denial of Service attacks. It is crucial for users to promptly update their systems to ensure safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update bind normal

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.9.4_p2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5166 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5166 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5688 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5688 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-5689 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5689 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-2266 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2266 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-3919 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3919 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-4854 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4854 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-0591 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0591

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-34
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Denial of Service
Date: January 29, 2014
Bugs: #437828, #446094, #453974, #463497, #478316, #483208, #498016
ID: 201401-34

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update bind normal

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

BIND is the Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dns/bind < 9.9.4_p2 >= 9.9.4_p2

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.