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openSUSE 15.5 Advisory 2023:3821-1 Critical: Bind Stack Flaw Fix

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2023
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Critical openSUSE notice 2023:4821-2 for bind addresses a heap overflow vulnerability and additional patches.
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).

Update to release 9.16.43

* Processing already-queued queries received over TCP could cause an assertion

failure, when the server was reconfigured at the same time or the cache was

being flushed. This has been fixed.

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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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3821=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3821=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3821=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3821=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-utils-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* python3-bind-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-utils-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (noarch)

* python3-bind-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-debugsource-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* bind-debuginfo-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

* Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.16.44-150500.8.12.2

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-2023:3821-1
Rating: important

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