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Gentoo: GLSA-201610-07 Critical: BIND Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities detected in BIND, creating a Denial of Service risk. Please update to the newest version for safeguards.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

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 Gentoo DoS BIND

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.4_p3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8704 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8704 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8705 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8705 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1285 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1285 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-1286 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1286 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-2088 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2088 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-2775 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2775 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-2776 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2776 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-6170 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6170

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
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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: October 11, 2016
Bugs: #572414, #576902, #588652, #589132, #595340
ID: 201610-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo DoS BIND

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which could cause 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 < 9.10.4_p3 >= 9.10.4_p3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition through multiple attack vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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