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Slackware: SSA:2012-341-01 Critical: BIND DoS Issues Update

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2012
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates for bind packages have been rolled out for Slackware, targeting vital security vulnerabilities across multiple versions.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.9.2_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. IMPORTANT NOTE: This package updates BIND from 9.7.6_P4 to 9.8.4_P1 since the 9.7 series is no longer supported. It is possible that some changes may be required to your local configuration. This release addresses some denial-of-service and other bugs. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5688 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1667 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3868 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical package update DoS Slackware BIND

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.1 package: 2df945fd92d480df98711992180cdd70 bind-9.8.4_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: ddf762702befde00ab86cda1a5766bbd bind-9.8.4_P1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: b6c9a8f1262bd39db2dd77034f58e568 bind-9.8.4_P1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: b35c20ad9778035c7e04ef2944375608 bind-9.8.4_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: a6b061aeb84003ea7b6ddcc157e0db65 bind-9.8.4_P1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 54ee26b4924ab502eedfd024d83db20e bind-9.8.4_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 04d40ede0a96160e79767bf995469773 bind-9.8.4_P1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: f4635df06e3c0f62f035d00e15b0f5fb bind-9.8.4_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 66612ea03941fc8ef5ef21409ecc6fe3 bind-9.9.2_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 6f664fe7e955c0dbe806a63ad9212c00 bind-9.9.2_P1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 83bc10ca67bede66bf742a7d0ab6e628 n/bind-9.9.2_P1-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 4a539dd88ef3637eee56693c037a3dc8 n/bind-9.9.2_P1-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical package update DoS Slackware BIND

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.9.2_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart

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