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Scientific Linux SL6: SLSA-2018:2571-1 Critical Bind DoS

Calendar Aug 27, 2018 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory denial of service critical issue bind security fix important update SL6
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) SL6 x86_64 bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm bind-utils-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1 [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: bind security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:2571-1
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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SL6
  x86_64
    bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-utils-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
    bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-libs-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-utils-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-devel-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
    bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.68.rc1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team