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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-02 Critical: BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202310-02 outlines a vulnerability in the OpenSSH service that poses a potential security risk and suggests necessary patches for resolution.
A vulnerability in BIND could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in BIND's named utility leading to a Denial of Service condition.

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security advisory denial of service gentoo bind normal

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.2_p4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1349 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1349 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-4620 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4620 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-5477 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5477 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-5722 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5722 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-5986 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5986

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-01
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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: Denial of Service
Date: October 18, 2015
Bugs: #540640, #553584, #556150, #559462
ID: 201510-01

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security advisory denial of service gentoo bind normal

Synopsis

A vulnerability in BIND could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dns/bind < 9.10.2_p4 >= 9.10.2_p4

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service condition via specially constructed zone data.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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