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Scientific Linux: SLSA-2017:0063-1 Important Bind Denial of Service

Calendar Jan 16, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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Important: bind security update 
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:21:16 -0000
Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: bind on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <20170116172116.1099.11331@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: bind security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:0063-1
Issue Date: 2017-01-16
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-9147
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Security Fix(es):

* A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled a query
response containing inconsistent DNSSEC information. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion
failure via a specially crafted DNS response. (CVE-2016-9147)
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SL5
 x86_64
 bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-utils-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 caching-nameserver-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 bind-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-debuginfo-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-libs-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-utils-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 bind-libbind-devel-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
 caching-nameserver-9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.12.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-libs-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-libs-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-utils-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-devel-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-devel-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-libs-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-utils-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-devel-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm
 bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team