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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-0487 Important: Bind DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2018
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A crucial patch for bind is now available, rectifying a stability problem that has been impacting various editions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Adv...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

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.
Security Fix(es):
* bind: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can cause named to crash (CVE-2017-3145)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank ISC for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jayachandran Palanisamy (Cygate AB) as the original reporter.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat bind DoS important CVE-2017-3145

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3145 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: bind-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.src.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7):
x86_64: bind-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.37.rc1.el6_7.12.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4):
Source: bind-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.src.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.13.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: bind-9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.8.src.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0487-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0487
Issue date: 2018-03-12

Topic

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced UpdateSupport, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support, Red HatEnterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.7 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat bind DoS important CVE-2017-3145

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1534812 - CVE-2017-3145 bind: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can cause named to crash

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