Scientific Linux SL5.x: SLSA-2016:1945-1 Important Bind97 DoS Issue

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:11:44 -0000
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From: Kevin Hill 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20160928201144.12516.94476@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: bind97 security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:1945-1
Issue Date: 2016-09-28
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-2776
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Security Fix(es):

* A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND constructed a
response to a query that met certain criteria. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a
specially crafted DNS request packet. (CVE-2016-2776)
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SL5
 x86_64
 bind97-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 bind97-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-chroot-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm
 bind97-utils-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team