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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201502-03
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: February 07, 2015
     Bugs: #531998
       ID: 201502-03

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, allowing remote
attackers to cause a
  denial of service condition.

Background
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BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.

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

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

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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All bind users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.1_p1"

References
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-03

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/