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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:0459-01 Critical: BIND DoS Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2016
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Red Hat has released a crucial BIND security patch aimed at addressing significant vulnerabilities affecting Linux platforms.
Updated bind packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND parsed signature records for DNAME records. By sending a specially crafted query, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause named to crash. (CVE-2016-1286)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND processed certain control channel input. A remote attacker able to send a malformed packet to the control channel could use this flaw to cause named to crash. (CVE-2016-1285)
Red Hat would like to thank ISC for reporting these issues.
All bind users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux doS security impact BIND

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1285 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01352 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01353

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.src.rpm
i386: bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-sdb-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-utils-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.src.rpm
i386: bind-chroot-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm caching-nameserver-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm
x86_64: bind-chroot-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.i386.rpm bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0459-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0459.html
Issue date: 2016-03-16

Topic

Updated bind packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux doS security impact BIND

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1315674 - CVE-2016-1285 bind: malformed packet sent to rndc can trigger assertion failure

1315680 - CVE-2016-1286 bind: malformed signature records for DNAME records can trigger assertion failure

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