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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:0355-1 important: bind CPU exhaustion and DNS issues

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Apply the critical bind security patch on openSUSE to mitigate CPU overload and enhance DNS operational efficiency.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Update to release 9.18.33

Security Fixes:

* CVE-2024-11187: Fixes CPU exhaustion caused by many records in the

additional section (bsc#1236596)

* CVE-2024-12705: Fixes multiple issues in DNS-over-HTTPS implementation when

under heavy query load (bsc#1236597)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update bind important DNS SUSE servers

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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-355=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-355=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-355=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-355=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* bind-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-debuginfo-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-utils-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-debugsource-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-debugsource-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-debuginfo-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-utils-debuginfo-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-utils-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bind-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-debugsource-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* bind-debuginfo-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (noarch)

* bind-doc-9.18.33-150600.3.6.1

References

* bsc#1236596

* bsc#1236597

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11187.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12705.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236596

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236597

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0355-1
Release Date: 2025-02-04T12:59:34Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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security advisory update bind important DNS SUSE servers

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