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Gentoo: GLSA-201708-01 Normal Severity: BIND Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
BIND security flaws might enable distant assailants to initiate Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo Linux systems. Immediate action required.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which allows 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo bind multiple issues normal severity

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.11.1_p1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9131 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9131 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-9147 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9147 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9444 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9444 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9778 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9778 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-3135 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3135 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-3136 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3136 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-3137 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3137 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-3138 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3138 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-3140 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3140 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-3141 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3141

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 17, 2017
Bugs: #605454, #608740, #615420, #621730
ID: 201708-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo bind multiple issues normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which allows remote attackers to 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 < 9.11.1_p1 >= 9.11.1_p1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS request to the BIND resolver resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.