Scientific Linux: Important Bind Security Update: Remote Attack Risk

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:49:46 -0500
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: bind on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: bind security update
Issue Date: 2011-07-07
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-2464

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.

A flaw was discovered in the way BIND handled certain DNS requests. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted DNS
request packet to BIND, causing it to exit unexpectedly due to a failed
assertion. (CVE-2011-2464)

After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted
automatically.

SL5:
 i386
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 bind97-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-6.P2.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
SL6:
 i386
 bind-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-devel-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-libs-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-utils-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 x86_64
 bind-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-utils-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-libs-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-libs-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm
 bind-devel-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.x86_64.rpm
 bind-devel-9.7.3-2.el6_1.P3.2.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team