openSUSE 13.2: 2016:0834-2 Critical Alert for DNS Security Vulnerability
opensuse
March 19, 2016
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This update for bind fixes the following issues:
Fix two assertion failures that can lead to a remote denial of service
attack:
* CVE-2016-1285: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME can
lead to named exiting due to an assertion failure. (bsc#970072)
* CVE-2016-1286: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME records
having specific properties can lead to named exiting due to an assertion
failure in resolver.c or db.c. (bsc#970073)
Topics Covered
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-2016-368=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
bind-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-chrootenv-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-debugsource-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-devel-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-libs-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-libs-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-lwresd-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-utils-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-utils-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):
bind-libs-32bit-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):
bind-doc-9.9.6P1-2.19.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1285.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1286.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970072
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970073
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0834-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
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Topics Covered
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