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openSUSE: 2023:3737-1 Important Stack Exhaustion Fix In Bind

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2023
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Critical notice regarding the bind resolution stack overflow vulnerability impacting openSUSE and various Linux distributions.
This update for bind fixes the following issues: Update to release 9.16.44:

Description

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Update to release 9.16.44:

* CVE-2023-3341: Fixed stack exhaustion flaw in control channel code may cause

named to terminate unexpectedly (bsc#1215472).

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* Server Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3737=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3737=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3737=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3737=1

Package List

* Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* bind-utils-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* python3-bind-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-utils-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)

* python3-bind-9.16.44-150400.5.37.2

References

* #1215472

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3341.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215472

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3737-1
Rating: important

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