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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Security Update: Important Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Explore essential security enhancements for Bind within Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Find detailed information on risks and their corresponding solutions here.
An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced 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: Buffer overflow in the SPNEGO implementation affecting GSSAPI security policy negotiation (CVE-2020-8625)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow bind security fix important red hat enterprise linux GSSAPI gssapi

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8625 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source: bind-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.src.rpm
noarch: bind-license-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bind-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-chroot-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.i686.rpm bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-29.el7_2.10.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0694-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0694
Issue date: 2021-03-02

Topic

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2Advanced 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 buffer overflow bind security fix important red hat enterprise linux GSSAPI gssapi

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1928486 - CVE-2020-8625 bind: Buffer overflow in the SPNEGO implementation affecting GSSAPI security policy negotiation

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