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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6: RHSA-2020-4992 Moderate: Bind Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential maintenance patch for bind in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 tackling significant vulnerabilities and enhancements.
An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

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)
* bind: remotely triggerable assertion failure in pk11.c (CVE-2020-8623)
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 bind Red Hat Enterprise Linux assertion failure remote trigger

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8622 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8623 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: bind-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
x86_64: bind-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: bind-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.9.4-74.el7_6.5.noarch.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4992-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4992
Issue date: 2020-11-10

Topic

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6Extended Update Support.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 bind Red Hat Enterprise Linux assertion failure remote trigger

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, 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

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

1869477 - CVE-2020-8623 bind: remotely triggerable assertion failure in pk11.c

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