openSUSE: 2011:0788-1 Important: Bind Denial of Service Fix
opensuse
July 19, 2011
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
A remote Denial of Service vulnerability has been fixed in
bind. Specially crafted packets could cause bind servers (recursive as well as authoritative) to exit.
CVE-2011-2464 has been assigned to this issue.
Special Instructions and Notes:
This update triggers a restart of the software management
stack. More updates will be available for installation
after applying this update and restarting the application.
This update triggers a restart of the software management
stack. More updates will be available for installation
after applying this update and restarting the application.
This update triggers a restart of the software management
stack. More updates will be available for installation
after applying this update and restarting the application.
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch bind-4843
- openSUSE 11.3:
zypper in -t patch bind-4843
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-chrootenv-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-devel-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-libs-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-utils-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-libs-32bit-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-doc-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-chrootenv-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-devel-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-libs-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
bind-utils-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-libs-32bit-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch) [New Version: 9.7.3P3]:
bind-doc-9.7.3P3-0.2.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2464.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0788-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4
openSUSE 11.3
. It
includes one version update.
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