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openSUSE 11.4/11.3: 2011:1272-1 Important: Bind DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2011
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Addresses a critical Denial of Service vulnerability in BIND for openSUSE versions 11.4 and 11.3. This important security patch includes comprehensive installation guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

specially crafted DNS queries could crash the bind name

server (CVE-2011-4313).

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-5441

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch bind-5441

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-chrootenv-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-devel-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-libs-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-utils-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-libs-32bit-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-doc-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-chrootenv-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-devel-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-libs-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

bind-utils-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-libs-32bit-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch) [New Version: 9.7.4P1]:

bind-doc-9.7.4P1-0.2.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4313.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1272-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 . It includes one version update.

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