Slackware 14.1: 2014-344-01 Critical Bind Memory Exhaustion
slackware
December 11, 2014
New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where a failure to place limits on delegation chaining can allow an attacker to crash BIND or cause memory exhaustion. For more information, see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01216 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8500 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 13.0 package:
dac91fcb3e498b40c92bcc5752802df4 bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
8491ebdc3d3d83b592fed60f2d43a16f bind-9.9.6_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package:
005f535fda7f97f12541d1e03470bea9 bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
7798df687be7bf46430d6289da4dccba bind-9.9.6_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package:
03b9fd71668582bd87dc06271a046281 bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
acb0553b199504ba76738eb7f9aeb2d2 bind-9.9.6_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
54994a041c7dbeadacce8c35134e926c bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
2e966897f0988b3b0376cb0faa9ce47c bind-9.9.6_P1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
0eec33d454b0e7d949f23ec291ab6e39 bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
909b4df8cce45cb3ac37352ee5580b5c bind-9.9.6_P1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
d62c9a50457e3536cbaa03070677bb32 n/bind-9.10.1_P1-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
3ffe3791f43f3fc319a2119421e808ce n/bind-9.10.1_P1-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.9.6_P1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart
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