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openSUSE 13.2, 13.1: 2015-1335-1 Important: Bind Remote DoS

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2015
Scroller Opensuse
A crucial security update for 'bind' addresses remote Denial of Service vulnerabilities. Updating is essential for system integrity and security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

bind was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed:

- CVE-2015-5477: Remote DoS via TKEY queries (boo#939567)

Exposure to this issue can not be prevented by either ACLs or

configuration options limiting or denying service because the exploitable

code occurs early in the packet handling.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote DoS bind openSUSE patch instructions

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-530=1

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-530=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

bind-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-chrootenv-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-debugsource-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-devel-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-libs-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-lwresd-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-utils-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

bind-libs-32bit-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

bind-doc-9.9.6P1-2.7.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

bind-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-chrootenv-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-debugsource-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-devel-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-libs-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-lwresd-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-utils-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

bind-libs-32bit-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):

bind-doc-9.9.4P2-2.14.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5477.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939567

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1335-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 .

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security advisory security issue remote DoS bind openSUSE patch instructions

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