Gentoo: GLSA-201502-03 Normal: BIND Multiple DoS Issues
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February 7, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service condition
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All bind users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.1_p1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3214 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3214 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8500 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8500 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8680 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8680
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-03
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: February 07, 2015
Bugs: #531998
ID: 201502-03
Topics Covered
Background
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/bind < 9.10.1_p1 >= 9.10.1_p1
Impact
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A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition by the lack
of GeoIP databases, or via a large or infinite number of referrals.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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