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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019:0194-01 Moderate: BIND Security Issue

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Patch released for BIND in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 resolving a noteworthy security vulnerability. Discover further information here.
An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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: Crash from assertion error when debug log level is 10 and log entries meet buffer boundary (CVE-2018-5742)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5742 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: bind-9.9.4-73.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.9.4-73.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bind-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-73.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: bind-9.9.4-73.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.9.4-73.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-73.el7_6.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0194-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2019-01-29

Topic

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

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 Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1655844 - CVE-2018-5742 bind: Crash from assertion error when debug log level is 10 and log entries meet buffer boundary

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