Scientific Linux SL5 Bind97 Important Remote Threat CVE-2012-5166

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:34:21 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 
MIME-Version: 1.0

Synopsis: Important: bind97 security update
Issue Date: 2012-10-12
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-5166
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A flaw was found in the way BIND handled certain combinations of resource
records. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a recursive
resolver, or an authoritative server in certain configurations, to lockup.
(CVE-2012-5166)

After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted
automatically.
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SL5
 x86_64
 bind97-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 bind97-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.4.i386.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team