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RedHat: RHSA-2020-4183-01 Moderate: Bind Assertion Failure

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Calendar Grey October 7, 2020
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Stay informed about the latest BIND security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and learn essential upgrade steps to protect your system against vulnerabilities
An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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: truncated TSIG response can lead to an assertion failure (CVE-2020-8622)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update bind red hat enterprise linux assertion failure truncated response

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8622 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.src.rpm
i386: bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-utils-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.src.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.8.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4183-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4183
Issue date: 2020-10-07

Topic

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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 bind red hat enterprise linux assertion failure truncated response

Relevant Releases Architectures

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 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 Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1869473 - CVE-2020-8622 bind: truncated TSIG response can lead to an assertion failure

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