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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-2057-01 Moderate Bind Security Fix

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Cautionary notice regarding bind security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 successfully mitigates particular security threats.
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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: bind (9.11.4). (BZ#1640561)
Security Fix(es):
* bind: Incorrect documentation of krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain update policies (CVE-2018-5741)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat bug fix bind DNS

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5741 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: bind-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-export-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-export-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bind-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-export-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-export-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-utils-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-chroot-9.11.4-9.P2.el7.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2057-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2057
Issue date: 2019-08-06

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat bug fix bind DNS

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

Bugs Fixed

1520808 - b-root-server's ip-address in named.ca is old.

1578128 - [RFE] Provide delv functionality

1630058 - bind does not support the "log" keyword in a response-policy zone definitions (feature from bind 9.11)

1630160 - internal testsuite uses command dig instead of variable $DIG

1631131 - CVE-2018-5741 bind: Incorrect documentation of krb5-subdomain and ms-subdomain update policies

1631407 - man rndc should mention "negative trust anchors"

1640561 - [RFE] rebase to ESV bind 9.11

1676661 - named user has outdated /bin/false as a shell

1685940 - libisc doesn't initialize entropy pool for ssl context

1720703 - Latest bind (9.9) update now causes zone transfer to always fail.

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