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Slackware 14.0 SSA:2013-086-01 Critical: Bind Memory Consumption Issue

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2013
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Recent updates to bind packages address significant vulnerabilities in Slackware. It is essential for users to upgrade without delay to ensure improved protection.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.9.2_P2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a critical defect in BIND 9 that allows an attacker to cause excessive memory consumption in named or other programs linked to libdns. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2266 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00871 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical bind package update Slackware memory issue attack mitigation

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: bcf111a9a9526482ae8dea688755c889 bind-9.8.4_P2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: ac7dd818bacdb8ba270ec7d21190a581 bind-9.8.4_P2-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 5d4bb658b7b8fdc01ae74275e1ff0b20 bind-9.8.4_P2-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: d7a20fdcbc112a724ee33279a0e1aacb bind-9.8.4_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 0ecbcf1b1ff849b906770266ee6b2264 bind-9.8.4_P2-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 0bd611fc2026a964b499a954d9abfb05 bind-9.8.4_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: f1cf2f258f710c63c7f6456dd1487a3e bind-9.8.4_P2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: cbeb80303f92f9d745600be0cac3b820 bind-9.8.4_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 519d4a66bc1df3b5508f8ed6f2f5abc1 bind-9.9.2_P2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: dd2320d76994dd0bb085e2cf6a86a86f bind-9.9.2_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 0d7ff93b20cc99cff691e40c8847ab58 n/bind-9.9.2_P2-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 42b6641fc5c041c51c65551f256fb847 n/bind-9.9.2_P2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical bind package update Slackware memory issue attack mitigation

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.9.2_P2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart