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Scientific Linux 7: SLSA-2018-2570-1 Critical: Bind Denial of Service

Calendar Aug 27, 2018 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory denial of service security fix important update Scientific Linux bind library
bind: processing of certain records when "deny-answer-aliases" is in use may trigger an assert leading to a denial of service (CVE-2018-5740) SL7 x86_64 bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm bind-libs-lite-9. [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: bind security update Advisory ID: 
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:2570-1
Issue Date:        2018-08-27
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-5740
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Security Fix(es):

* bind: processing of certain records when "deny-answer-aliases" is in use
may trigger an assert leading to a denial of service (CVE-2018-5740)
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SL7
  x86_64
    bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-utils-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-chroot-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-sdb-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.src.rpm
  noarch
    bind-license-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team