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openSUSE 13.1: openSUSE-SU-2016:0204-1 Important: Bind Remote Crash

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2016
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Critical openSUSE update for apache addresses a remote vulnerability. Keep your system safe and current with the latest security fixes.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2015-8704: Specific APL data allowed remote attacker to trigger a

crash in certain configurations (bsc#962189)

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch 2016-73=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

bind-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-chrootenv-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-debugsource-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-devel-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-libs-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-lwresd-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-utils-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

bind-libs-32bit-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):

bind-doc-9.9.4P2-2.23.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8704.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962189

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0204-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 .

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